Etymology

hygropetric

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Today it means: Requiring a habitat of a thin layer of water covering a rock surface. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πέτρος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπέτρος“stone”
  2. English todayhygropetric

From hygro- + -petric from Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros, “stone”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπέτρος all →

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