different between grow vs xerophilic
grow
English
Etymology
From Middle English growen, from Old English gr?wan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?an? (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow, become green”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????/, [??????]
- (US) IPA(key): /??o?/, [???o??]
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
grow (third-person singular simple present grows, present participle growing, simple past grew or (dialectal) growed, past participle grown or (dialectal) growed)
- (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
- (ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
- (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
- (intransitive) To develop, to mature.
- (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grow.
- (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grow.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grow.
Antonyms
- shrink
Derived terms
Translations
References
- grow at OneLook Dictionary Search
Middle English
Verb
grow
- Alternative form of growen
grow From the web:
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- what grows well with tomatoes
- what grows well with strawberries
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- what grows well with cucumbers
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- what grows on palm trees
- what growing zone is minnesota
xerophilic
English
Etymology
xero- +? -philic
Adjective
xerophilic (comparative more xerophilic, superlative most xerophilic)
- Capable of growing and reproducing in conditions with a low availability of water.
Related terms
- xerophile
xerophilic From the web:
- what xerophilic fungi
- what does xerophytic mean
- xerophilic fungi examples
- what is special about fungi
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