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ni·val  audio  (nvl) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Of, relating to, or growing in or under snow: nival species of plants.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin nivlis, from nix, niv-, snow; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots


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