petro-, petr-, petri-, peter-
(Greek > Latin: stone, rock)
petrophile
petrophilous
petrophilous, petrophile, petrophily
In biology, thriving on rocks or in rocky habitats.
petrophily
petrophyte
petrophytic
petrosectomy
petroseline: parsley
Of or related to parsley.
petrosphere
In archaeology, the name for any spherical man-made object of any size that is composed of stone.
These primarily prehistoric artistic objects may have been created and/or selected, but altered in some way to perform their specific function, including carving and painting.
petrous
saliferoius stratum
A stratum of sedimentary or igneous rock that produces, contains, or is impregnated with salt.
saltpeter, saltpetre
1. Potassium nitrate; used especially as a component of gunpowder or as a food preservative.
2. Etymology: Saltpeter is a borrowing of Old Middle English salpetre [about A.D. 1300]; a borrowing of Old French, salpetre, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin; also borrowed directly from Medieval Latin sal petrae, "salt of rock"; from Latin sal, "salt" + petrae, genitive form of Latin petra, "rock".
2. Etymology: Saltpeter is a borrowing of Old Middle English salpetre [about A.D. 1300]; a borrowing of Old French, salpetre, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin; also borrowed directly from Medieval Latin sal petrae, "salt of rock"; from Latin sal, "salt" + petrae, genitive form of Latin petra, "rock".
So called because it appears as a salt-like encrustation on rocks.
