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Meaning of osmophily | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The quality of growing well under high osmotic pressure.

no-plural

Examples

“Pelhate (1968) considered osmophily as being an aspect of xerophily; the ability of a fungus to support high osmotic pressures induced by higher concentrations of NaCl, sucrose or polyethylene glycol would allow a rapid and faithful evaluation of its xerophily.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

osmophobia osmophobicity osmophore osmopriming osmoprotectant osmoprotection

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