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Definition: Xerophyte |
XerophyteNoun1. Plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | Plant which can subsist with a small amount of moisture, as a desert plant or plant under conditions where excess of salts makes it difficult to take in water. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A plant which can subsist with a small amount of moisture, as a desert plant or plant under conditions where excess of salts makes it difficult to take in water. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Examples of methods employed can be found with:
Cacti - typically their stems are round and contain a lot of moisture, they do not have leaves. All true cacti are from the Cactaceae family
Succulent plants - they typically store moisture in their stems or leaves.
Bulbs - they spend a period of dormancy underground
Xerophytes occur in all kind of environments, cacti are typically found in deserts while bromelia's can be found in rain forests. Plants that live under arctic conditions have a need for adaptations as moisture is not available below 0 Celsius.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Xerophyte."
Synonyms: XerophyteSynonyms: desert plant (n), xerophile (n), xerophilous plant (n), xerophytic plant (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Xerophyte |
| English words defined with "xerophyte": mesophyte, mesophytic plant. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
xerophyte | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "xerophyte"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نبات صحراوي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | издръжливо на суша растение. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | xerofyt (zerophyte), toerluftsplante, tørluftsplante (zerophyte). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | xerophyt (zerophyte), xerofyt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گیاه زیست کننده درنواحی خشک وبی اب . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuivakkokasvi (zerophyte), kserofyytti (zerophyte). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | xérophyte, xérographie (xerography). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Xerophyte (zerophyte), Xerophyt (zerophyte), Trockenpflanze (zerophyte), Duerrepflanze (zerophyte), Dürrepflanze (zerophyte). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξηρόφυτον (zerophyte). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | xerofita (zerophyte), xèrofita (zerophyte). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erophytexay xerófita (zerophyte). (various references) xerofita (zerophyte), xerofila, xerófita (zerophyte), xerófila (zerophyte). (various references) xerofyt (zerophyte), torrmarksväxt. (various references) çöl bitkisi. (various references) cây chịu hạn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | xerophyti, xerophytus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "xerophyte": xerophytes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-o-p-r-t-x-y" | |
-2 letters: prythee. | |
-3 letters: ethoxy, exhort, expert, export, hereto, hetero, peroxy, peyote, poetry, pother, retype, theory, thorpe, threep, trophy. | |
-4 letters: ephor, epoxy, ether, exert, hexer, hoper, hyper, other, oxeye, oxter, peery, peter, prexy, proxy, repot, ropey, tepoy, there, thorp, three, throe, topee, toper, tophe, toyer, trope. | |
-5 letters: eery, expo, eyer, eyre, here, hero, hoer, hope, hype. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-o-p-r-t-x-y" | |
+1 letter: xerophytes. | |
+4 letters: archaeopteryx. | |
+5 letters: hyperexcretion, hyperextension. | |
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