"osmophile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: osmophiles [plural]
Etymology: osmo- + -phile Etymology templates: {{confix|en|osmo|phile}} osmo- + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} osmophile (plural osmophiles)
  1. (biology) Any organism that is adapted to living in aqueous environments with high solute concentrations (salt, sugar, alcohol), and resisting internal desiccation caused by the osmotic transport of water outside of their cells Wikipedia link: osmophile Categories (topical): Biology Related terms: osmophilic

Inflected forms

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