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PRONUNCIATION OF HELIOPHILOUS

heliophilous  [ˌhiːlɪˈɒfɪləs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HELIOPHILOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heliophilous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HELIOPHILOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heliophilous in the English dictionary

The definition of heliophilous in the dictionary is attracted to sunlight.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HELIOPHILOUS


acidophilous
ˌæsɪˈdɒfɪləs
acidophilus
ˌæsɪˈdɒfɪləs
ammophilous
æˈmɒfɪləs
anemophilous
ˌænɪˈmɒfɪləs
endophyllous
ɛnˈdɒfɪləs
eosinophilous
ˌiːəʊsɪˈnɒfɪləs
geophilous
dʒiːˈɒfɪləs
Herophilus
hɪəˈrɒfɪləs
lithophilous
lɪˈθɒfɪləs
myiophilous
maɪˈɒfɪləs
myophilous
maɪˈɒfɪləs
rhizophilous
raɪzˈɒfɪləs
sclerophyllous
sklɛˈrɒfɪləs
Theophilus
θɪˈɒfɪləs
thermophilous
θɜːˈmɒfɪləs
thermophyllous
θɜːmˈɒfɪləs
tropophilous
trəʊˈpɒfɪləs
xerophilous
zɪˈrɒfɪləs
xiphophyllous
zɪˈfɒfɪləs
zoophilous
zəʊˈɒfɪləs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HELIOPHILOUS

heliolatrous
heliolatry
heliolithic
heliology
heliometer
heliometric
heliometrical
heliometrically
heliometry
heliopause
heliophobic
heliophyte
Heliopolis
heliopsis
Helios
helioscope
helioscopic
heliosis
heliosphere
heliostat

WORDS THAT END LIKE HELIOPHILOUS

battailous
coprophilous
halophilous
hydrophilous
hygrophilous
limnophilous
malacophilous
myrmecophilous
nitrophilous
nubilous
ornithophilous
perilous
pilous
ridiculous
scurrilous
sibilous
Siege Perilous
symphilous
tendrilous
unperilous
verisimilous

Synonyms and antonyms of heliophilous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heliophilous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HELIOPHILOUS

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The translations of heliophilous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heliophilous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

喜阳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heliófilos
570 millions of speakers

English

heliophilous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heliophilous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

heliophilous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

heliophilous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heliófilas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heliophilous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

héliophiles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heliophilous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heliophile
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

heliophilous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

heliophilous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heliophilous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heliophilous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

heliophilous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Heliophilous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heliophilous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eliofila
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heliophilous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

heliophilous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heliophilous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

heliophilous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heliophilous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heliophilous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heliophilous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heliophilous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HELIOPHILOUS»

The term «heliophilous» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.984 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HELIOPHILOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heliophilous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heliophilous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heliophilous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HELIOPHILOUS»

Discover the use of heliophilous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heliophilous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Volcanoes
the microclimatic and soil conditions were modified by the heliophilous fern cover which followed the cyanobacteria. The fern cover was succeeded by wind-dis- persed flowering plants such as grasses and orchids, capable of growing in open  ...
Haraldur Sigurdsson, Bruce Houghton, Hazel Rymer, 1999
2
Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin
Cistus behave as heliophilous pioneer species developing in the absence of strong competitors. As most of the results come from calcareous sites, it could be perhaps different in acid siliceous sites. The same conclusions are reached for ...
Francesco Di Castri, A.J. Hansen, M Debussche, 1990
3
Island Colonization: The Origin and Development of Island ...
Wind-borne heliophilous herbaceous plants such as orchids, ferns and grasses form a grassland by two to three decades, also early equilibration. Stochasticity low. (3) Euryphagous, widely distributed, open-country animals colonize in the first ...
Ian Thornton, Tim New, 2007
4
Observed Changes in Vegetation in Relation to Climate Warming
(7) species occurring on nutrient poor soils, eventually being heliophilous (8) heliophilous species, eventually occurring on nutrient poor soils Adding importance to one species one may take into account its presence in general in the whole ...
Gabriele Carraro, 1999
5
Global Change in the Holocene
The sediments older than 12,700 (conventional radiocarbon years) BP contain pollen of heliophilous herbs such as grasses and Artemisia as well as pollen and macrofossils of willows and dwarf birch (Betula nana). The vegetation during this  ...
John Birks, Rick Battarbee, Anson Mackay, 2014
6
Quaternary Ecology: A Paleoecological Perspective
By about 14000 years ago, a pioneer flora began to establish on the till plain surrounding the site, with heliophilous herbs predominating; aquatic plants included pondweeds (Potamogetori) and water milfoil (Myriophyllum) as well as algae ...
Hazel R. Delcourt, P. Delcourt, 1991
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Conference on Recent Shifts in Vegetation Boundaries of ...
... montane belt (6) mesophilous species, shade tolerant species and species that are characteristic for smaller forest gaps (7) species occurring on nutrient poor soils, eventually being heliophilous (8) heliophilous species, eventually occurring  ...
Frank Klötzli, Gian-Reto Walther, 1999
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International Studies on the Quaternary: Papers Prepared on ...
During this occupation by forest the heliophilous herb, grass, and dwarfshrub vegetation of the Late-glacial (zones I-III) must have been pushed into very restricted areas free from closed-tree canopies. In the forest such refuges were temporary ...
Herbert Edgar Wright, David Grover Frey, 1965
9
Vegetation Science in Forestry: Global Perspectives Based on ...
In the E. marginata forest we observed the following species totals and frequencies in 10 releves: The strong connection of the heliophilous shrub flora with the forest environment is clearly demonstrated by these data. The impact of fire on the ...
Elgene Owen Box, 1995
10
ADVANCES IN BOTANICAL RESEARCH APL
Pioneers have often been said to be heliophilous. I do not quite agree with this. Freedom from trees and the shadow produced by them is an essential condition, but still more essential is, no doubt, freedom from any competition and the ...
Reginald Dawson Preston, 1963

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HELIOPHILOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heliophilous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Faces of the 2015 National Spelling Bee
Faces of the 2015 National Spelling Bee 23 photos. James Bryner, of Price, Utah, sticks out his tongue after misspelling "heliophilous" on May ... «CNN, May 15»
2
Group says Taichung has trees-for-pollution deals
Tsai said that the firm removed the trees so that it could plant its own, which are heliophilous species, requiring more sunlight than others. «Taipei Times, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Heliophilous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/heliophilous>. Apr 2024 ».
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