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rupestrine

American  
[roo-pes-trin] / ruˈpɛs trɪn /

adjective

Biology.

  1. living or growing on or among rocks.

Etymology

Origin of rupestrine

1885–90; < Latin rūpēs steep cliff, crag + -trine, extracted from lacustrine

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