nival

[ nahy-vuhl ]
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adjective
  1. of or growing in snow: nival flora.

Origin of nival

1
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin nivālis “of, belonging to snow; covered with snow; snowy,” equivalent to niv- (stem of nix ) “snow” + -ālis -al1;see origin at snow

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British Dictionary definitions for nival

nival

/ (ˈnaɪvəl) /


adjective
  1. of or growing in or under snow

Origin of nival

1
C17: from Latin nivālis, from nix snow

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