adj
Alternative form of aeriferous [(of a tube etc) That conveys air]
adj
(biology) That lives by a river
adj
Alternative form of anthraciferous [(mineralogy) Yielding anthracite.]
adj
(biology) Living in water.
adj
Synonym of arboricolous
n
(obsolete) The lichen from which the dye is obtained.
adj
(biology) living or burrowing in sand
n
The small animals and plants that encrust hard substrates, such as rocks, in aquatic environments.
adj
(botany) Describes a plant (typically cannabis) that automatically switches from vegetative growth to the flowering stage based on age
adj
Of or pertaining to botany.
adj
calcareous and corneous
v
(rare, biology) To treat blood agar by heating in order to lyse the red blood cells in the medium.
n
An event in which a colony of plants, algae, or bacteria becomes so widespread in a body of water that it draws enough oxygen out of the water to kill other inhabitants of that ecosystem, and eventually becomes unable to sustain itself.
adj
(zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
n
(botany) The flora that inhabits a tree
adj
(botany) Living among detritus
adj
(botany, of an aquatic plant) That rises above the surface.
n
(ecology) Any kind of short-lived plant.
adj
Growing on the surface of a leaf
adj
(botany) Found growing on rocks.
n
A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
adj
Of or relating to foliage; pteroylglutamic, as in folic acid.
adj
(geology) Containing impressions of fossil fucoids or seaweeds.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from fumitory.
n
A plant's preference for growing in the presence of gypsum.
adj
Of or pertaining to fishing.
n
(biology) Any cultivated plant, especially one introduced from elsewhere
adj
Of or relating to humus.
adj
(botany) Similar to humus.
adj
(biology) Living or maturing underground; subterranean
adj
Of or relating to Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748–1836), French botanist who was the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants.
adj
(biology) That lives around or under rocks or stones
adj
Alternative form of lateritious [(medicine) Like bricks; of a reddish brick colour.]
n
The botanical technique of layering, or laying the shoot of a plant underground for growth.
adj
(botany, biology) Living on or in mud or muddy places.
adj
(biology) Inhabiting a thin film or sheet of water.
adj
(biology, of successive vegetations) Growing in uniformally moist conditions
adj
(rare) Fond of forests.
adj
(obsolete, rare) Bearing oolite.
n
(botany) A flowering plant which is neither a eudicot nor a monocot.
adj
That lives in swamps or marshes.
adj
Inhabiting ponds or swamps.
n
Synonym of piscatory ring
adj
Rock-dwelling; living among or on rocks.
n
(geology, biology) A calcareous 'freshwater reef', generally built up from autochthonous petrification of bryophytes, fungi, algae and cyanobacteria.
adj
Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
n
(proscribed as biologically inaccurate) Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.
adj
Based on plants; especially, of a diet, consisting mostly or wholly of foods derived from plants.
adj
(chemistry) Specifically, of compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds.
adj
(geology) Containing fossils of reptiles.
n
(mineralogy) fossil wood
n
The pressure (the result of osmosis) exerted by the roots of vascular plants that moves water into the leaves and causes guttation.
n
The region of soil in which the roots of plants can take up water.
adj
(botany) Growing on or among rocks.
adj
(biology) Growing on, or living among rocks or stones
adj
Living in stagnant water.
n
An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.
adj
Synonym of semideciduous
adj
Alternative spelling of sulfuriferous [Containing or yielding sulfur.]
adj
Ground-dwelling or growing close to the ground.
adj
Of or pertaining to thelarche.
adj
Of or pertaining to topiary.
adj
Able to live its entire life in a cave.
adj
Growing in muddy places.
n
A material, resembling wood, made from compressed sawdust
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