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    XEROPHILE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyteplay

    Synonyms:

    desert plant; xerophile; xerophilous plant; xerophyte; xerophytic plant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("xerophile" is a kind of...):

    tracheophyte; vascular plant (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "xerophile"):

    agave; American aloe; century plant (tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber)

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