nitrophilen.
/ˈnʌɪtrə(ʊ)fʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtrəˌfaɪl/ Ecology.
A nitrophilous organism.
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halophyte1879
psammophile1888
pelophile1905
lime-hater1907
lime-lover1907
acidophil1930
nitrophile1930
calcicole1932
calcifuge1946
glycophyte1947
1930 Amer. Naturalist 64 322 The nitrophiles..betake themselves to the bases [of the trees] where their nitrogen requirement is present.
1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. iv. 63 Here [i.e. among ecologically specialized forms] belong many mycotrophic species, saprophytes, nitrophiles.
1964 V. J. Chapman Coastal Vegetation iv. 97 These [sc. marsh plants] are probably nitrophiles.
1998 New Phytologist 138 37 Non-nitrophilous plants tend to reply on mixed sources of N... Their apoplastic pH is relatively low (compared with that of nitrophiles, which tend to assimilate NO3− mainly in their shoots).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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