Etymology

rupestrine

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Today it means: Growing on rocks or cliffs. Full definition →

Latin rupestris
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  1. Latin · derived fromrupestris
  2. English todayrupestrine

From Latin rupestris, from rupes (“rock”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.