saxatile Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective growing on or living among rocks
    saxicolous; saxicoline.

WordNet


Sax"a*tile adjective
Etymology
L. saxatilis, fr. saxum a rock: cf. F. saxalite.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.

Webster 1913