Neighbor News
Word of the Day - Saxicoline
A word a day is for play. Write a sentence, story or poem. Use the word in a comment. Let's explore this lovely language together.
saxicoline
Pronunciation: /sakˈsɪk(ə)lʌɪn/
(also saxicolous)
adjective
rare
Living or growing on or among rocks.
Origin
Late 19th century: from modern Latin saxicolus (from saxum ‘rock’ + colere ‘inhabit’) + -ine.
-=-=-=-=-
Find out what's happening in Natickfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Standing on the crest of most mountain ridges in New England means you are on blocks of granite. Joining you there are the many saxicoline
lichens which grip the rock surface. It is also common to find hardy,
if stubby, trees finding some hold between the blocks where they attempt
to deny the description "above the treeline".
Photo Credit: Dave McShaffrey, Marietta College Department of Biology
