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xeriphilic

xeriphilic adjective: adapted to or preferring arid environments.

Adjective

xeriphilic (comparative more xeriphilic, superlative most xeriphilic)

  1. Adapted to or preferring arid environments.
    • Operating within this Australian context, a sacred ecology—which I define as a state of plant-animal-human souls in dynamic exchange with the material landscape—embodies the qualities of antipodean plant life: unique, endemic, ancient, adaptive, xeriphilic, and sensorial.2017, John Ryan, Plants in Contemporary Poetry

Forms of xeriphilic

comparativemore xeriphilic
superlativemost xeriphilic

Origin of xeriphilic

From xeri- + -philic.

Questions about xeriphilic

What does xeriphilic mean?
Xeriphilic means adapted to or preferring arid environments.
What part of speech is xeriphilic?
Xeriphilic is an adjective.

Words near xeriphilic in the dictionary

  1. xerifs
  2. xerify
  3. xerifying
  4. xerine
  5. xerines
  6. xeriphilic
  7. xeriphyte
  8. xeriphytes
  9. xeriscape
  10. xeriscaped
  11. xeriscaper

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