xerophytic plant

What does xerophytic plant mean?

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

What is another word for xerophytic plant?

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

xerophytic 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 xerophytic plant come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.