acarophilous
/ˌakəˈrɒfɪləs/Chiefly Botany
adjective
That lives in or is adapted for a symbiotic relationship with mites; specifically (of a plant) pollinated by mites.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From scientific Latin Acarus acarus + -o- + -philous, after German akarophil and entomophilous.
- mesquite bean
- mess
- mess about/around
- mess about/around with
- messa di voce
- message
- message bag
- message-bearer
- message board
- message box
- message boy
- message card
- message-carrier
- messageless
- message pad
- messager
- message rate
- messagerie
- Messageries Maritimes
- message stick
- message switching
- message traffic
- Messalian
- Messalianism
- Messalina, Valeria