WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sax•a•tile
(sak′sə til),USA pronunciation adj.
- Botanyliving or growing on or among rocks.
- Latin saxātilis frequenting rocks, equivalent. to sax(um) rock + -āt- formative suffix + -ilis -ile
- 1645–55
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