10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OMBROPHOBOUS»
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ombrophobous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ombrophobous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Cf: ombrophobous. Noun: ombrophile. ombrophobous (om-broph'-o-bous) Said
of an organism that cannot tolerate extremely rainy conditions. Cf: ombrophilous.
Noun: ombrophobe. ombrotrophic peat Peat whose nutrient supply is exclusively
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Julia A. Jackson, James P. Mehl, Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, 2005
The seedlings are ombrophobous, while those of tropical species of Viscum are
ombrophilous. The seeds of tropical species also need no period of repose. Light
is not essential for the germination of the seeds of Loranthus europseus.
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Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society
The seedlings arc ombrophobous, while those of tropical species of Viscum are
ombrophilous. The seeds of tropical species also need no period of repose. Light
is not essential for the germination of the seeds of Loranthus eurapseus.
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Handbook of flower pollination: based upon Hermann Müller's ...
Wiss., Prag, xxxiii, 1896) describes as ombrophobous (rain-fearing) such flowers
as are able by special movements (ombro- phobous movements) to protect
themselves against the injurious effect of rain or continued wetting ; flowers that
are ...
Paul Knuth, Hermann Müller, 1906
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CRC Handbook of Lichenology
With permission.) longer periods of water runs and dripping after rainfall,
Synalissa ramulosa and Collema tenon are associated with Placynthium
hungaricum. The ombrophobous character of the Collema species is particularly
emphasized .
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Concept S Dictionary Of Agricultural Sciences
Ombrophobous Unable to live in the presence of long, continuous rain. Omnivore
An organism which obtains energy from the consumption of both plants and
animals. Omum Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague (Carum copticum Benth. and
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I. C. Gupta, S. K. Gupta, 1992
In soils, this may be due to the paucity of nutrients in the parent rock. i
ombrophilous able to thrive in areas of abundant rainfall. i ombrophobous unable
to live in the presence of long, continuous rain. i once-trough cooling the
standard method ...
Leprose lichens like Lecidea orosthea,Biatora lucida, Chaenotheca arenaria and
other species of the Calicion viridis alliance are apparently ombrophobous
because they grow under overhanging rocks. This behavior must, however, ...
EGEA Keywords: Coast, Lichens, N Africa, Ombrophobous, Saxicolous, SW
Europa, Vegetation. Abstract: This paper is a study of the ombrophobous
saxicolous lichen vegetation along the coasts of southwestern Europe and
northern Africa, ...
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Roget's Descriptive Word Finder
... of moss musaceous: concerning bananas, plantains nuciferous: nutlike
ombrophobous: of a plant that cannot survive continuous rain orchidaceous:
resembling an orchid orchideous: concerning or resembling an orchid organic:
designating ...
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"With reference to their behavior toward precipitation, plants are ombrophilous, or rain-loving, or ombrophobous, or rain-fearing." Roscoe ... «The Week Magazine, Dec 14»
