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xeroplastic

xeroplastic adjective: induced by a dry environment.

Adjective

xeroplastic (not comparable)

  1. Induced by a dry environment.
    • Daubenmire (1947) supported this view indicating that xeroplastic features were induced by drought and so only occurred under dry conditions […]1955, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, page 44

Questions about xeroplastic

What does xeroplastic mean?
Xeroplastic means induced by a dry environment.
What part of speech is xeroplastic?
Xeroplastic is an adjective.

Words near xeroplastic in the dictionary

  1. xerophytic
  2. xerophytically
  3. xerophytics
  4. xerophytism
  5. xerophytization
  6. xeroplastic
  7. xeroprint
  8. xeroprinted
  9. xeroprinting
  10. xeroprints
  11. xeroprotectant

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