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saxigenous, a.|sækˈsɪdʒɪnəs|
[f. late L. saxigen-us, f. sax-um rock + -gen-us begotten, sprung (from): see -ous. The termination is here erroneously taken to mean ‘producing’, as in coralligenous.]
That produces (coral) rocks or reefs.
1842Darwin Coral Reefs iv. §1. 64 The saxigenous lithophytes. 1862M. Hopkins Hawaii 415 Saxigenous polypes or lithophytes. |