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XEROPHYTE

• 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.

• XEROPHYTE (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 ("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)

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(English proverb)
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(Breton proverb)
"Lying is the disease and truth is the cure"
(Arabic proverb)
"He who sleeps cannot catch fish."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of American aloe
Pronunciation of vascular plant
Definition of century plant
Pronunciation of tracheophyte
Definition of agave

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