xer·o·phyte
(zîr′ə-fīt′)n.
A plant adapted to surviving with little water.
xer′o·phyt′ic (-fĭt′ĭk) adj.
xer′o·phyt′i·cal·ly adv.
xer′o·phyt′ism (-fī′tĭz-əm, -fī-tĭz′-) n.
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xerophyte
(ˈzɪərəˌfaɪt)n
(Botany) a xerophilous plant, such as a cactus
xerophytic adj
ˌxeroˈphytically adv
ˈxeroˌphytism n
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xe•ro•phyte
(ˈzɪər əˌfaɪt)n.
a plant adapted for growth under dry conditions.
[1895–1900]
xe`ro•phyt′ic (-ˈfɪt ɪk) adj.
xe`ro•phyt′i•cal•ly, adv.
xe′ro•phyt`ism, n.
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xer·o·phyte
(zîr′ə-fīt′) A plant that grows in an arid habitat; a desert plant. Cacti are xerophytes.
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| Noun | 1. |  xerophyte - plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyteagave, American aloe, century plant - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber tracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms |
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