Xerophyte

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A plant adapted to living in a dry arid habitat; a desert plant.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.
  • n. A desert plant
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In phytogeography, a plant adapted to live under conditions of small available moisture.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tracheophyte    vascular plant   
    Cross Reference
    xeromorphic    xerophytic   
    Hyponym
    agave    century plant    American aloe   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    plant    xeric   
     
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