Definition of Xerophilous. Meaning of Xerophilous. Synonyms of Xerophilous

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Definition of Xerophilous

Xerophilous
Xerophilous Xe*roph"i*lous, a. [Gr. ? dry + ? to love.] (Bot.) Drought-loving; able withstand the absence or lack of moisture. Plants which are peculiarly adapted to dry climates are termed by De Candolle xerophilous. --Goodale.

Meaning of Xerophilous from wikipedia

- A xerophile (from Gr**** ξηρός : xērós 'dry' and φίλος : phílos 'loving') is an extremophilic organism that can grow and reproduce in conditions with a...
- Gr****lands are restricted to the northeastern corner inters****d with xerophilous scrub. There are mangroves along the ocean where waves are gentle. Beach...
- Meadow (hygrophilous or tropophilous gr****land) Steppe (xerophilous gr****land) Savannah (xerophilous gr****land containing isolated trees) Gr****land types...
- altitude temperate forests and tropical deciduous and evergreen forests, to xerophilous scrub and the intertropical littoral. It quickly colonizes disturbed...
- Gr****land, meadow (hygrophilous or tropophilous), steppe (xerophilous), savannah (xerophilous gr****land containing isolated trees) Desert (dry or cold)...
- reported to occur in littoral xerophilous scrub, psammophilous and halophilous littoral gr****land, thorny xerophilous scrub, tropophilous deciduous and...
- takes its name. In addition to conifer forests in the highlands and xerophilous scrub in the lowlands, Sierra de Órganos is a refuge for several species...
- Caballeronia and the family of Burkholderiaceae which was isolated from the xerophilous moss Grimmia montana in China. "Genus Burkholderia". List of Prokaryotic...
- with a dry season to the west and without it to the east. There are xerophilous forests. The Mesopotamia region is located in the east of the country...
- desert and falls entirely within the Arabian Desert and Saharo-Arabian xerophilous maquis ecoregion. The region is sp****ly inhabited and there are no significant...