Cryophilous

Origin

From .

Full definition of cryophilous

Adjective

1. (zoology) Thriving at a low temperature.
• January 6, 2016, , Vegetation and Climate Change during the Last Deglaciation in the Great Khingan Mountain, Northeastern China, This warming is also implied by the decreasing percentage of cryophilous pollen taxa like Ericaceae and climbing trend of the δ 18 O curve in other paleoclimate records of the East Asia (Fig 6), when the summer insolation is increasing.

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