xerophyte
noun
a plant adapted for growth under dry conditions.
xerophytic
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a word derived from
xerophyte.
Example Sentences
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The northern pygmy mouse, in general, lives in situations more xerophytic and more grassy than does the southern pygmy mouse.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Robert L. Packard
Lying in a rain shadow cast by the Tuxtlas and on sandy and well-drained soils is a dense xerophytic forest.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman
The extinct B. brachygnathus, presumably a dweller of a xerophytic grassland, may have had its origin from a B. minimus-like stock in the manner outlined.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Robert L. Packard
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
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
