Meanings
adjectiveacarophilous (not comparable)
- not comparablerarebiologyThat lives in a symbiosis with mites
- not comparablerarebiologyThat is pollinated by mites
The last-mentioned author has a list of 270 acarophilous species.
1910 December, Professor G. F. Scott-Elliot M.A. B.Sc. F.L.S., “Mites and Acarodomatia”, in Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, volume 24, →DOI, pages 126–135
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