xerophile

Questions about xerophile

What does xerophile mean?

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

How many syllables are in xerophile?

xerophile has 4 syllables and divides as xe-ro-phi-le under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for xerophile?

Close synonyms include desert plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant, 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 xerophile a common word?

xerophile is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.