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xerophilia

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xerophilia, xerophily
the ability of some plants to survive in dosert or salt marsh areas by storing fresh water internally. — xerophilic, xerophilous, adj.
See also: Plants
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He also adopts a bioregional perspective towards his subject, concerned with when and how these writers express and encourage a culture of xerophilia, or love of the arid.
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