saxicolous

1. 1.

   growing on or living among rocks

   Synonymssaxatilesaxicoline

Questions about saxicolous

What does saxicolous mean?

saxicolous means "growing on or living among rocks".

How many syllables are in saxicolous?

saxicolous has 4 syllables: sax-i-co-lous. The stress falls on "i".

What is another word for saxicolous?

Close synonyms include saxatile, 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 saxicolous a common word?

saxicolous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.