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单词 ombrophobous
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ombrophobousadj.

Brit. /ˌɒmbrə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbəs/, U.S. /ˌɑmbroʊˈfoʊbəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: ombro- comb. form, -phobous comb. form.
Etymology: < ombro- comb. form + -phobous comb. form, after German ombrophob (see ombrophobic adj.). Compare ombrophilous adj.1 Compare ombrophobic adj.
Botany.
Of a plant: intolerant to prolonged rainfall. Also: (of leaves) not easily wetted (rare).
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uliginal1863
xerophilous1863
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xerophil1884
ombrophilous1895
ombrophobic1895
ombrophobous1895
xerophytic1897
sclerophyllous1903
xeromorphic1909
hydrarch1913
xerarch1913
ombrophile1924
sclerophyll1926
hygrophytic1936
xerophilic1961
1895 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 194 Plants which, on the one hand are uninjured (ombrophilous) and on the other hand are injured (ombrophobous) by excessive rainfall.
1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. i. i. 2 Ombrophilous foliage is capable of being wetted, ombrophobous foliage is unwettable.
1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. i. i. 2 Xerophytes perish after two or three days of continuous rain; they are rain-avoiding, ombrophobous, whereas hygrophytes are, as a rule, ombrophilous.
1920 Jrnl. Ecol. 8 98 The gradual segregation of those species which can develop into forest trees, with elimination of the ombrophobous shrubbery element.
1992 Bryologist 95 161 Both species [of lichen] grow in coastal saxicolous ombrophobous communities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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