geophilous

  1. Adjective.  Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
  2. Adjective.  (botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
  3. Adjective.  (context, phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
  4. Adjective.  Fruiting underground.

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