-cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous

(Latin: to inhabit; to live in, to live on, to live among; to dwell; living among, dwelling in; occurring on, occurring in)

Suffixes that refer to the location or an area of growth. Used primarily in botanical and biological terminology to indicate a plant or an organism that is characterized by a habitat or place of existence as indicated by the combining root.

The suffix -cole is derived from Latin colere, "to inhabit, to dwell, to live".

If you want to see more details about a "Source" link under any of the entries in this unit, click on it and you will be taken to the Bibliography of Habitat and Dwelling Environments unit and there you can find the book by scrolling down until you see the TITLE of the book in GREEN.

Don't confuse this -cole, -cola , "inhabit, live in, dwelling in" unit with the following cole-, coleo- (sheath, scabbard, vagina); coll-, col- (neck); collo-, coll- (glue); colo-, col- (colon, large intestine); and colon-, coln- (farm, settlement) units.

crinicolous (adjective), more crinicolous, most crinicolous
crymocolous (adjective) (not comparable)
Referring to life that grows in tundra or polar regions: Some crymocolous forms of life are the lichens Arctic willows, cottongrasses, and purple saxifrages..
culmicola (s) (noun), culmicolas (pl): grass
Species that exist on the stems of grasses.
culmicole (verb), culmicoles; culmicoled; culmicoling
Growing or living on the stems of grass.
culmicolous (adjective), more culmicolous, most culmicolous
cysticole (verb), cysticoles; cysticoled; cysticoling
Inhabiting a cyst or a thin-walled hollow organ or cavity in an animal body or plant and containing a liquid secretion; such as, a bladder, a sac, or a vesicle.
cysticolous (adjective), more cysticolous, most cysticolous
dendrocole (verb), dendrocoles; dendrocoled; dendrocoling: trees
Living in or growing on trees.
dendrocolous (adjective), more dendrocolous, most dendrocolous
Pertaining to life that exists on trees, including orchards.
deserticole (verb), deserticoles; deserticoled; deserticoling: desert
Living primarily on open ground in an arid or desert region.
deserticolous (adjective), more deserticolous, most deserticolous
domicole (verb), domicoles; domicoled; domicoling
To live in a tube, a burrow, a den, or some other kind of refuge: Mrs. Smith watched the birds domicoling in their nest outside her bedroom window and viewed them feeding the young ones throughout the day.
domicolous (adjective), more domicolous, most domicolous
epicole (verb), epicoles; epicoled; epicoling
Living by attaching to the surface of another organism but without benefit or detriment to the host.
epicolous (adjective), more epicolous, most epicolous

For more details about plants and animals living together, go to this Habitats for the Living page.

The list of books or the resources that were used to compile the information for this unit are available at this Bibliography of Habitat and Dwelling Environments unit.

You may take a self-scoring quiz over some of the words in this section by clicking on this -cole, -colus quiz to check your word knowledge for this unit or even learn some of the words via this quiz.

Related life, live-word units: anima-; bio-; vita-; viva-.