Look up: xerophyte

1. Xerophyte
   A plant adapted for growth with limited water.
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2. Xerophyte
   a plant well adapted to withstand prolonged drought. The typical xerophyte is a deciduous shrub with tiny leaves and a shallow root system that etends well beyond the crown of the shrub.
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3. Xerophyte
   Plant that can grow in dry places (eg. cacti). A plant structurally adapted for growth with a limited water supply.
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4. Xerophyte
   A plant that is adapted to, and needs, dry desert climate or is particularly hardy in periodic droughts.
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5. xerophyte
   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 Category: Botany and zoology
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6. xerophyte
   <botany> A plant that survives or thrives in areas with very little moisture. ... (06 May 1997) ...
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7. xerophyte
   any plant adapted to life in a dry or physiologically dry habitat (salt marsh, saline soil, or acid bog) by means of mechanisms to prevent water ... [4 related articles]
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8. xerophyte
   xerophyte, xerophyll, xerophytic 1. A plant living in a dry habitat, typically showing xeromorphic or succulent adaptations and able to tolerate long periods of drought. 2. A plant that is adapted to an arid or dry environment. A xerophilous plant and a plant that is structurally adapted for growt...
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9. xerophyte
   Plant adapted to live in dry conditions. Common adaptations to reduce the rate of transpiration include a reduction of leaf size, sometimes to spines or scales; a dense covering of hairs over the leaf to trap a layer of moist air (as in edelweiss); water storage cells; sunken stomata; and permanently rolled leaves or leaves that rol...
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10. xerophyte
    (Gk: xeros=dry; phyton plant) a plant adapted to living under arid conditions.
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11. Xerophyte
    Plants absorb water from the soil, which then evaporates from the surface of the plant; this process is known as transpiration. In dry environments, a typical (mesophytic) plant would evaporate water faster than the rate at which water was replaced in the soil, leading to wilting. By contrast, xerop...
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