radicícola

From Latin radīcīs (“root”, genitive) +‎ -cola (“breeder; inhabitant”).

• IPA^(key): /radiˈθikola/ [ra.ð̞iˈθi.ko.la] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /radiˈsikola/ [ra.ð̞iˈsi.ko.la] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ikola
• Syllabification: ra‧di‧cí‧co‧la

radicícola m or f (masculine and feminine plural radicícolas)

1. (botany, zoology) (of an animal or plant): radicicolous (which lives parasitically in the roots of plants)

• “radicícola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025