Why this word is great
OMBROPHILOUS — [Adjective] Capable of thriving in areas of heavy rainfall. From the Greek ómbros ("rainstorm") and -philous ("loving, thriving in"). Unlike "xerophilous" (which clings to parched earth) or "hygrophilous" (which merely tolerates dampness), "ombrophilous" is a celebration of deluge, a life shaped by the drumbeat of water. It is the moss swallowing a boulder whole, the fern unfurling in the monsoon’s throat, the towering dipterocarp whose roots drink while drowning—proof that abundance, too, can be a kind of survival.