acarophilous
/ˌakəˈrɒfɪləs/Chiefly Botany
adjective
That lives in or is adapted for a symbiotic relationship with mites; specifically (of a plant) pollinated by mites.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From scientific Latin Acarus acarus + -o- + -philous, after German akarophil and entomophilous.
- speaking tube
- speak in tongues
- speak one's mind
- speak (or talk) of the devil
- speak (or talk) out of turn
- speak (or think) ill of
- speak out (or up)
- speak the same language
- speak up
- speak up for
- speak volumes
- speak well (or ill) of
- spear
- spear carrier
- spearfish
- speargrass
- speargun
- spearhead
- spear-like
- spearman
- Spearman's rank correlation
- spearmint
- spear phishing
- spear-thrower
- spearwort