saxatile

1. 1.

   growing on or living among rocks

   Synonymssaxicoloussaxicoline

Questions about saxatile

What does saxatile mean?

saxatile means "growing on or living among rocks".

How many syllables are in saxatile?

saxatile has 4 syllables: sax-a-ti-le. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for saxatile?

Close synonyms include saxicolous, saxicoline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is saxatile a common word?

saxatile is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.