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xerophyllous

xerophyllous is the misspelling of xerophilous.

Meaning of xerophilous

Adjective

xerophilous (comparative more xerophilous, superlative most xerophilous)

  1. Able to thrive in dry weather.
    • The cactus is very xerophilous.

Words formed from xerophyllous

Questions about xerophyllous

What is xerophyllous the misspelling of?
Xerophyllous is the misspelling of xerophilous.

Words near xerophyllous in the dictionary

  1. xerophthalmias
  2. xerophthalmic
  3. xerophthalmos
  4. xerophthalmus
  5. xerophthalmy
  6. xerophyllous
  7. xerophyte
  8. xerophytes
  9. xerophytic
  10. xerophytically
  11. xerophytics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: xerophyllous (page history and authors); xerophilous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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