geophilous

== English == === Etymology === From geo- +‎ -philous. === Adjective === geophilous (not comparable) Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails. (botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground. (phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi. Fruiting underground. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “geophilous”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.