ombrophilous1
/ɒmˈbrɒfɪləs/adjective
1 Botany. Of a plant: able to withstand prolonged rainfall.
2 Ecology = ombrogenous.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. From ombro- + -philous, in sense 1 after German ombrophil; compare ombrophobous.
ombrophilous2
/ɒmˈbrɒfɪləs/Botany
adjective
Of a plant: shade-loving.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. Apparently an alteration of umbriphilous after ombro- or ombrophilous.
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