saxicoline

sax·ic·o·lous

S0110900 (săk-sĭk′ə-ləs) also sax·ic·o·line (-līn′)adj. Growing on or living among rocks: saxicolous lichens.

[Latin saxum, stone; see sek- in Indo-European roots + -colous.]

saxicoline

(sækˈsɪkəˌlaɪn) adj1. (Botany) living among rocks, growing on rocks2. (Zoology) relating to the bird subfamily Saxicolinae

sax•ic•o•line

(sækˈsɪk ə lɪn, -ˌlaɪn)

also sax•ic•o•lous

(-ləs)

adj. living or growing among rocks. [1895–1900; < New Latin saxicol(a) (Latin saxi-, comb. form of saxum rock + -cola dweller; see -colous) + -ine¹]

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Adj.

1.saxicoline - growing on or living among rockssaxatile, saxicolous

Saxe-Altenburg

(săks-ăl`tənbərg), Ger. Sachsen-Altenburg, former duchy, Thuringia, central Germany. Altenburg was the capital. Created a separate duchy in 1603, it was ruled by an Ernestine line of the house of WettinWettin
, German dynasty, which ruled in Saxony, Thuringia, Poland, Great Britain, Belgium, and Bulgaria. It takes its name from a castle on the Saale near Halle. The family gained prominence in the 10th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . It passed (1672) to the dukes of Saxe-GothaSaxe-Gotha
, Ger. Sachsen-Gotha, former duchy, Thuringia, central Germany. A possession of the Ernestine branch of the house of Wettin, it passed in the 16th cent. to the dukes of Saxe-Weimar.
..... Click the link for more information. , but from 1826 to 1918 it was again a separate duchy under the collateral line of Saxe-Hildburghausen. In 1920 it was incorporated into Thuringia.

saxicoline

sax·ic·o·lous

saxicoline

sax•ic•o•line

also sax•ic•o•lous

Saxe-Altenburg

Saxe-Altenburg

saxicoline

Synonyms for saxicoline

adj growing on or living among rocks

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