xerophilous plant

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xerophilous plant - plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophytedesert plant, xerophile, xerophyte, xerophytic plantagave, American aloe, century plant - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fibertracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms