Petricolous Definition

adjective
Rock-dwelling; living among or on rocks.
Alpine plants that cannot establish themselves in earthy gorges, must adapt to a petricolous habit in cracks in rocks.
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Origin of Petricolous

  • From Latin petra (“a rock”) + colō (“to inhabit”).

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