saxatile
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Sentences with the word saxatile
Là, commencent à paraître les mousses, les plantes grimpantes, et les fleurs saxatiles.Alexandre Vinet (1797-1847)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of SAXATILE adj. masc. & fem.
Qui est parmi les pierres & les caillous. On ne le dit gueres qu'en ces phrases. Le scare est un poisson saxatile. Il y a des plantes saxatiles, qui ne laissent pas de venir entre des caillous, comme le bled noir ou sarrasin.
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