Meaning

2 senses

  1. An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.

    an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment

  2. An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.

    A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.

Translations

3 languages

Origin

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

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Forms

plural: acidophiles
Singularacidophile
Pluralacidophiles

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment:acidophil

Word family

4 related words
Relatedacidophilacidophiliaacidophilic
Derivednonacidophile

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
acidB2acidicC1acidificationacidityacknowledgeB1acknowledgmentB1acmeacne
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