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rupestrine
[ roo-pes-trin ]
adjective
, Biology.
- living or growing on or among rocks.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rupestrine1
1885–90; < Latin rūpēs steep cliff, crag + -trine, extracted from lacustrine
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