Arenophile

Origin

- + areno + -

Full definition of arenophile

Noun

1. One who collects sand samples as a hobby.
2. (botany) A plant that thrives in or requires a sandy environment to grow.
• It seems to be a characteristic arenophile. Not common in Holderness except on the morainic gravels, being the chief plant on Coneygarth Hill, near Brandesburton.

Synonyms

• psammophile

Related terms

• arenophilic