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ru•pes•trine
(ro̅o̅ pes′trin),USA pronunciation adj. [Biol.]
- Ecologyliving or growing on or among rocks.
- Latin rūpēs steep cliff, crag + -trine, extracted from lacustrine
- 1885–90
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