xerophytic
- a word derived from xerophyte.
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Leader Anthony, however, thought he detected a "pale characteristic" in the animals�for example, a grey stripe in the chipmunks�and unusually "xerophytic" plants.*
From Time Magazine Archive
The xerophytic structures found in some of the plants might seem to corroborate this view; but similar structures are assumed by many plants when dwelling in brackish marshes and morasses.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
Areas suitable for Microtus montanus are separated by deserts that are dominated by sagebrush and other xerophytic plants or by forests or rocky exposures at higher altitudes.
From Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado by Anderson, Sydney
Distribution.—Smilisca baudini inhabits lowlands and foothills usually covered by xerophytic vegetation or savannas, but in the southern part of its range baudini inhabits tropical evergreen forest.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
Depending as they do entirely on atmospheric moisture, they show many curious adaptations, and are nearly always more or less xerophytic in structure.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
