Definition of hygrophilous in English:
hygrophilous
adjective hʌɪˈɡrɒfɪləshaɪˈɡrɑfələs
Botany (of a plant) growing in damp conditions.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the valley floors and on hill slopes we have cultivated fields, pastures and, along water streams, hygrophilous riparial woodlands with poplar and willow trees.
- In the case of the hygrophilous species C. macrocarpa and W. radicans, 6 or 12 months' dry storage killed most spores.
- Seventeen local vegetation types describe 7 main vegetal formations related to mesophilous, hygrophilous and coastal series.
- On the whole, the upland species are very poorly represented, and the same may be said of the especially hygrophilous section of the family.
- With the specific exception of river margin faunas, the more fussy hygrophilous species are well represented in Ireland.
Definition of hygrophilous in US English:
hygrophilous
adjectivehīˈɡräfələshaɪˈɡrɑfələs
Botany (of a plant) growing in damp conditions.
Example sentencesExamples
- Seventeen local vegetation types describe 7 main vegetal formations related to mesophilous, hygrophilous and coastal series.
- In the case of the hygrophilous species C. macrocarpa and W. radicans, 6 or 12 months' dry storage killed most spores.
- With the specific exception of river margin faunas, the more fussy hygrophilous species are well represented in Ireland.
- On the whole, the upland species are very poorly represented, and the same may be said of the especially hygrophilous section of the family.
- In the valley floors and on hill slopes we have cultivated fields, pastures and, along water streams, hygrophilous riparial woodlands with poplar and willow trees.