nitrophobicadj.
/ˌnʌɪtrəˈfəʊbɪk/, U.S. /ˌnaɪtrəˈfoʊbɪk/ Ecology. rare.
= nitrophobous adj.
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1994 Oikos 70 417 We studied the decomposition of green needles of Pinus sylvestris by a nitrotolerant and a nitrophobic decomposer basidiomycete.
2001 Ecol. Applic. 11 397 One group (‘nitrophobic’ taxa: Cortinarius, Russula, Tricholoma, Lactarius, Hebeloma) declined in species richness or abundance with increasing organic horizon mineral N.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1994- look beside
- look beyond
- look black
- look blank
- look blue
- look both ways for sunday
- look daggers
- look down
- look down on
- look down one's nose
- look down one's nose at
- look down upon
- look downward
- look downwards
- look else
- look etc ways for sunday
- look etc, no hands
- look feel like something the cat has brought in
- look for
- look for a needle in a bottle bundle of hay
- look for a needle in a bottle of hay
- look for a needle in a haystack
- look for cupids in the eyes
- look for trouble
- look forth