"water-loving" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "water + loving",
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      "form": "more water-loving",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1894, U.S. Government Printing Office, Yearbook of Agriculture",
          "text": "To prepare a cotton that would swell like linen, we decided to attach water-loving groups to the cellulose chain",
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        {
          "ref": "Aug 31, 2012, Robert L. Wolke, What Einstein Didn't Know: Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions",
          "text": "The trouble is that calcium, magnesium, and iron react with the water-loving ends of the molecule to form insoluble […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Oct 1, 2013, Robert L. Wolke, What a Wonderful World: One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff",
          "text": "This is made of fatty acids, molecules that are characterized by having a water-loving end and a water-hating end."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Aug 28, 2014, Mark Burkitt, Healthy Eating Through Informed Choice",
          "text": "Since it accomodates both the water-hating and water-loving properties of modified diglycerides ..."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Sep 9, 2014, Michael Backes, Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana",
          "text": "a barrier consisting of cells that prevent bacteria and large or water-loving molecules from crossing into the central nervous system"
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        "Having an affinity for water; hydrophilic."
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        [
          "water",
          "water"
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          "hydrophilic",
          "hydrophilic"
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        "(chemistry) Having an affinity for water; hydrophilic."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "hydrophilic"
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  "word": "water-loving"
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  "etymology_text": "water + loving",
  "forms": [
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "1894, U.S. Government Printing Office, Yearbook of Agriculture",
          "text": "To prepare a cotton that would swell like linen, we decided to attach water-loving groups to the cellulose chain",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "Aug 31, 2012, Robert L. Wolke, What Einstein Didn't Know: Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions",
          "text": "The trouble is that calcium, magnesium, and iron react with the water-loving ends of the molecule to form insoluble […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Oct 1, 2013, Robert L. Wolke, What a Wonderful World: One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff",
          "text": "This is made of fatty acids, molecules that are characterized by having a water-loving end and a water-hating end."
        },
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          "ref": "Aug 28, 2014, Mark Burkitt, Healthy Eating Through Informed Choice",
          "text": "Since it accomodates both the water-hating and water-loving properties of modified diglycerides ..."
        },
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          "ref": "Sep 9, 2014, Michael Backes, Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana",
          "text": "a barrier consisting of cells that prevent bacteria and large or water-loving molecules from crossing into the central nervous system"
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        "Having an affinity for water; hydrophilic."
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        "(chemistry) Having an affinity for water; hydrophilic."
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  "word": "water-loving"
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