XEROPHYTIC PLANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does xerophytic plant mean? • XEROPHYTIC PLANT (noun)
The noun XEROPHYTIC PLANT has 1 sense:
1. plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
Familiarity information: XEROPHYTIC PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• XEROPHYTIC PLANT (noun)
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 ("xerophytic plant" 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 "xerophytic plant"):
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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