xerophyte
IPA: zˈɪrɑfaɪt
noun
- (botany) Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.
- A desert plant
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Examples of "xerophyte" in Sentences
- The relicts of the xerophyte vegetation of Beringia in the Northeastern Asia.
- Gorges also a xerophyte (drought-tolerant) subspecies, Labourdonnaisia revoluta can be found.
- Guide, in Black River Gorges also a xerophyte (drought-tolerant) subspecies, Labourdonnaisia revoluta can be found.
- Shrub steppe is also common in this ecoregion comprised of xerophyte shrub and tree species of Spiraea, Caragana, Amygdalus, Lonicera.
- The species is said to be hygrophil, according to the Illustrated Guide, in Black River Gorges also a xerophyte (drought-tolerant) subspecies, Labourdonnaisia revoluta can be found.
- Another leafless Asclepiad, Periploca aphylla, which extends westwards to Arabia and Nubia and southwards to Sindh, is, like Boucerosia, a typical xerophyte adapted to a very dry soil and atmosphere.
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