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nival (NAI-vuhl) - adj., of, relating to, abounding in, or growing in or under snow.
Which is really two definitions: snowy and growing in/under snow, the former being the generic meaning, the latter a biological term. Adopted in the 1650s from Latin nivÄlis, belonging to snow/snowy, from nix, snow.
---L.
Which is really two definitions: snowy and growing in/under snow, the former being the generic meaning, the latter a biological term. Adopted in the 1650s from Latin nivÄlis, belonging to snow/snowy, from nix, snow.
---L.
