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 and divides as sax-a-ti-le under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.