hydrophobe

Variant of hydrophobic

hydrophobic definition

hydro·pho·bic (-fō′bik)

adjective

  1. of or having hydrophobia
  2. not capable of uniting with or absorbing water
Also hydrophobe hy′·dro·phobe′ (-fōb′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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