Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
xerophyte \xe"ro*phyte\, n.
A plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water;
compare {hydrophyte} and {mesophyte}.
Syn: desert plant, xerophytic plant, xerophile, xerophilous
plant.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
xerophyte
n 1: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water;
compare hydrophyte and mesophyte [syn: {desert plant},
{xerophyte}, {xerophytic plant}, {xerophile}, {xerophilous
plant}]