xérophyte

See also: xerophyte

French

Etymology

From xéro- (“dry”) +‎ -phyte (“plant”).

Noun

xérophyte f (plural xérophytes)

(botany) xerophyte
Hyponym: xérothermophyte

Holonym: xérosère

Related terms

Further reading

Jouy, Alain & De Foucault, Bruno, 2019. Dictionnaire illustré de botanique. Biotope Éditions, Mèze, →ISBN., p. 292.
“xérophyte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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