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nival

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ni⋅val

  [nahy-vuhl]
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–adjective
of or growing in snow: nival flora.
Origin:
1650–60; < L nivālis of, belonging to snow, snowy, equiv. to niv- (s. of nix) snow + -ālis -al 1
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ni·val   (nī'vəl)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or growing in or under snow: nival species of plants.

[Latin nivālis, from nix, niv-, snow; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots.]
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