erem-

combining form

variants or eremo-

: solitary

Eremurus

: desert

eremology

—chiefly in terms in biology

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek erēm-, erēmo-, from erēmos lonely, solitary and erēmia desert, from erēmos + -ia -y

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