ombrophilyn.
/ɒmˈbrɒfᵻli/, /ɒmˈbrɒfl̩i/, U.S. /ɑmˈbrɑfəli/ Botany.
The property or state of being ombrophilous (ombrophilous adj.1).
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1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. iii. i. 225 Reference may here be made to Wiesner's investigations regarding the ombrophily [Ger. Ombrophilie] and ombrophoby of tropical vegetation.
1994 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 81 1522/2 Analogous processes doubtless occur in hydrophily and ombrophily.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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