English

Adjective

cryophilous ‎(comparative more cryophilous, superlative most cryophilous)

1. (zoology) Thriving in low temperatures.
   • 2016 January 6, “Vegetation and Climate Change during the Last Deglaciation in the Great Khingan Mountain, Northeastern China”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0146261:

     This warming is also implied by the decreasing percentage of cryophilous pollen taxa like Ericaceae and climbing trend of the δ 18 O curve in other paleoclimate records of the East Asia [10 ,46 ] (Fig 6 ), when the summer insolation is increasing.

Synonyms

• cryophilic