| 单词 | xerophyte | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasxerophyte   xerophyte  n.  Brit.  , U.S.  , ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > 			[noun]		 > that likes or tolerates a dry habitat xerophil1884 xerophyte1897 sclerophyll1911 phreatophyte1920 xerosere1926 xeromorph1934 1897    J. C. Willis Man. Flowering Plants I. 178  				In countries with long dry seasons [etc.].., the plants..agree in having a lower rate of transpiration than plants living where there is plenty of available water. Plants of this kind are termed xerophytes. 1906    G. Henslow in  19th Cent. Nov. 801  				E[uphoriba] Paralias is a xerophyte with coriaceous leaves, because it has adapted itself to a maritime situation in England. < as lemmas  | 
	
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