Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Same as xerophilous.
Wiktionary
- n. Any xerophilic organism.
WordNet 3.0
- n. plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
Etymologies
- xero- + -phile (Wiktionary)
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Lists
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Logophily: Words with "phil"
List of words containing the string phil-, -phil-, -phil, or -phile, such as philopatry, bibliophile, and neutrophil.
Greek: φιλία/φίλος, φιλια-/φιλο - love, loving, love of, fondness for, at...philopatry, bibliophile, neutrophil, thalassophily, stegophilist, philoxeny, psychrophile, logophily, photophilia, photophilous, heliophilous, philornithic and 148 more...
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A Galimafrée of Plant Anatomy & Morph...
A hodgepodge, jumble, jambalaya, *gallimaufry, circus and tent revival of plant anatomy and morphology terms and phrases - its a big tent, and no tickets are required.
*array, collecti...naked bud, leaf blade, brochidodromous, serrate, cork cambium, rhizomatous, flower stalk, deciduous sepal, petal, whorl, nectar gland, stamen and 1348 more...
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Absolute Xero
xeric, xeriscape, xeromorph, xerophagy, xerophile, xerosere, xerosis, xerostomia, xerotes, xerothermic, xerotic
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