osmophile

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noun

Any organism that is adapted to living in aqueous environments with high solute concentrations (salt, sugar, alcohol), and resisting internal desiccation caused by the osmotic transport of water outside of their cells

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Meanings

nounosmophile (plural osmophiles)

plural osmophiles

  1. biologyAny organism that is adapted to living in aqueous environments with high solute concentrations (salt, sugar, alcohol), and resisting internal desiccation caused by the osmotic transport of water outside of their cells

Origin

From osmo- + -phile.

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APA

osmophile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmophile

MLA

“osmophile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmophile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osmophile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osmophile.

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