arenophile

See also: arénophile

English

Etymology

areno- + -phile

Noun

arenophile (plural arenophiles)

  1. One who collects sand samples as a hobby.
  2. (botany) A plant that thrives in or requires a sandy environment to grow.
    • 1902, James Fraser Robinson, The Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire, page 161:
      It seems to be a characteristic arenophile. Not common in Holderness except on the morainic gravels, being the chief plant on Coneygarth Hill, near Brandesburton.

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