Definition of "geophilous" in English

adjective

1. Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.

2. (botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.

3. (phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.

4. Fruiting underground.