Terrestrial Definition

tə-rĕstrē-əl
adjective
Of this world; worldly; earthly; mundane.
Webster's New World
Of, constituting, or representing the earth.
A terrestrial globe.
Webster's New World
Consisting of land as distinguished from water.
Webster's New World
Similar to the planet earth in size or composition.
Terrestrial planets.
American Heritage
Growing on land or in the soil.
Webster's New World
noun
An inhabitant of the earth.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary

(botany) A ground-dwelling plant.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Terrestrial

Noun

Singular:
terrestrial
Plural:
terrestrials

Origin of Terrestrial

  • Middle English from Latin terrestris from terra earth ters- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground").

    From Wiktionary

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