cryophilous

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cryophilous

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From cryo- + -philous.

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not comparable Thriving at a low temperature. This warming is also implied by the decreasing percentage of cryophilous pollen taxa like Ericaceae and climbing trend of the δ 18 O curve in other paleoclimate records of the East Asia ^([sic]) (Fig 6), when the summer insolation is increasing.
Similar: cryophilic, psychrophilic · Opposite: cryophobic

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@misc{cryophilous_2026,
  title = {cryophilous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cryophilous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}