desert plant

What does desert plant mean?

desert plant means "plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte".

What is another word for desert plant?

Close synonyms include xerophyte, xerophytic plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is desert plant a common word?

desert plant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for desert plant come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.