1827–35 N. P. Willis 19 Dews for the moisture-loving flowers.
1949 V. G. Childe (ed. 3) viii. 135 The land molluscs of this period are..no longer the moisture-loving woodland species found in the neolithic camps.
1995 10 Mar. 16/3 Many moisture-loving plants, such as primulas, hostas and ligularia, grow well here.