nival

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Abounding with snow; snowy; snow-covered (now especially in reference to plant habitats).
    — The observed climate warming during the twentieth century has affected alpine vegetation by increasing vascular plant species richness on nival mountain tops […]
  2. Found or thriving in snowy conditions.
    — In 1884 O. Heer published a comprehensive account of the nival flora of Switzerland, in which he listed 338 species of flowering plants found above 2600 m.; of these, 6 were found above 3900 m.

词形变化

more nival comparative most nival superlative

词源

From Latin nivalis, from nix, nivis (“snow”).
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