XEROPHYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does xerophyte mean? 

• XEROPHYTE (noun)
  The noun XEROPHYTE has 1 sense:

1. plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

  Familiarity information: XEROPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XEROPHYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

desert plant; xerophile; xerophilous plant; xerophyte; xerophytic plant

Hypernyms ("xerophyte" is a kind of...):

tracheophyte; vascular plant (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "xerophyte"):

agave; 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)

Derivation:

xerophytic (adapted to a xeric (or dry) environment)