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Meaning of xerophile in English:

xerophile

noun

Botany Zoology

See xerophilous

  • ‘Low altitude dry (xerophile) vegetation is found relatively close to the littoral zone where the habitat is characterised by strong droughts.’
  • ‘Species of the Rosa gender, box trees in basophile and xerophile beech groves.’
  • ‘The research thus far has been very exciting, and I feel that we are laying very practical groundwork for building infrastructure to support the use of xerophile and native plants in Jordan.’
  • ‘The xerophiles are typical for the most part of the mammal populations of the Lesser Caucasus.’
  • ‘Schwartz and Henderson described L. semilineatus as a xerophile associated with gravelly or rocky areas.’

Pronunciation

xerophile

/ˈzɪərə(ʊ)fʌɪl/