-cole, -cola, -coles, -colid, -coline, -colous +
(Latin: to inhabit, to live in, on, or among; to dwell; living among, dwelling in)
Suffixes that refer to the location, or habit, of growth. Used primarily in botanical and biological terminology to denote a plant or organism; having or characterized by a habitat as specified by the combining root.
deserticole, deserticolous
Living in, or growing on, trees.
epicole, epicolous
Living attached to the surface of another organism but without benefit or detriment to the host.
fimbricole, fimbricolous
Growing in or on dung.
fimicole, fimicolous
Growing in or on dung heaps.
folicaulicole, folicaulicolous
Living attached to leaves and stems.
folicole, folicolous, follicole, follicolous
Growing, or living, on leaves.
forbicole, forbicolous
Living on broad-leaved plants; herbicolous.
fructicole, fructicolous
1. Living on or in fruits.
2. Inhabiting fruit; especially, parasitic fungi.
fruticole, fruticolous
Living or growing on shrubs.
fungicole
Living in or on fungi.
gallicole, gallicolous
Living or dwelling in galls.
gelicole, gelicolous
Living in geloid soils having a crystalloid content of between 0.2 and 0.5 parts per thousand.
Geloid soil is characterized by low salt content, weak solutions, strokng colloidal properties and a crystalloid content of less than 0.5 parts per thousand.
geocolous
Living in the soil for part of a life cycle.
graminicole, graminicolous
1. Growing on grass.
2. A reference to an animal spending most of its life in a grassy habitat.
halicole
1. Living in haloid soils having a crystalloid content between 0.5 and 2 parts per thousand.
2. A reference to a plant living in a habitat with a high salt content.
Haloid soil is characterized by high salt content, concentrated solutions and with a crystalloid content of more than 0.5 parts per thousand.
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Related life, live-word units:
anima-;
bio-;
vita-;
viva-.
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