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XEROPHILE

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

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

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

• XEROPHILE (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("xerophile" 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 "xerophile"):

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)

"Don't put the cart before the horse."
(English proverb)
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(Breton proverb)
"The stupid might have wanted to help you, but ended up hurting you."
(Arabic proverb)
"Who does well, meets goodwill."
(Dutch proverb)

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