Similar words: saprophytic, hydrophyte, sporophyte, xerophthalmia, prophylactic, neophyte, halophyte, bryophyte. Meaning: adj. adapted to a xeric (or dry) environment.
1 This is evidently a xerophytic fungus.
2 Notes on some xerophytic mosses in China.
3 CactI are xerophytic plants.
4 The scientific study of the xerophytic form and physiologyic characteristic of plants is the basis afforestation in the dry sand regions.
5 It indicated that the spatial distribution for the rodent damage of the xerophytic peanut pods belongs to the aggregated distribution.
More similar words: saprophytic, hydrophyte, sporophyte, xerophthalmia, prophylactic, neophyte, halophyte, bryophyte, endophyte, gametophyte, spermatophyte, dermatophyte, xerography, trophy, atrophy, dystrophy, abiotrophy, hypertrophy, trophy wife, prophylaxis, chlorophyll, chlorophyll a, astrophysics, hierophant, osteodystrophy, astrophysicist, bellerophon, astrophotography, heterotrophic, muscular dystrophy.