petricolous

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adjective

Rock-dwelling; living among or on rocks.

“Alpine plants that cannot establish themselves in earthy gorges must adapt to a petricolous habit in cracks in rocks.”

OriginLatin petra →
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Meanings

adjectivepetricolous (comparative more petricolous, superlative most petricolous)

comparative more petricolous · superlative most petricolous

  1. Rock-dwelling; living among or on rocks.

    Alpine plants that cannot establish themselves in earthy gorges must adapt to a petricolous habit in cracks in rocks.

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    […] in the mighty Andes, this petricolous people who reared in very truth a culture of the stone[…]

    2004, Harold Osborne, Indians of the Andes, page 68

Origin

  1. Latinpetra“a rock”
  2. Englishpetricolous

From Latin petra (“a rock”) + colō (“to inhabit”).

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petricolous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petricolous

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“petricolous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petricolous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petricolous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petricolous.

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