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What does water-loving mean?

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Adjective
  1. (chemistry) Having an affinity for water; hydrophilic.
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An average annual rainfall of around 600 mm completes the requirements of the water-loving bean plant.
Because it is a water-loving crop, rice is the preferred crop for lowland systems.
Riparian areas occur along streams and wetlands where moist soils and shallow water tables allow water-loving plant communities to establish.
I usually don't dawdle in such mansions, but the spirit of this water-loving, plant-obsessed family is palpable.
Then a band of water-loving shrubs and evergreens like willow, sweet gale, hardy roses, meadow sweet spirea, alder, thuja and holly.
Thus man is simply hydrophilic in every way: a water-loving microcosm from the outside and inside.

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