xérophile

See also: xerophile

French

Etymology

From xéro- (“dry”) +‎ -phile.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡze.ʁɔ.fil/
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Adjective

xérophile (plural xérophiles)

(ecology) xerophilic
Antonyms: hydrophile, hygrophile, ombrophile

Hyponyms: xéromorphe, xérothermophile, xéroté

Related terms

Further reading

“xérophile” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
Jouy, Alain & De Foucault, Bruno, 2019. Dictionnaire illustré de botanique. Biotope Éditions, Mèze, →ISBN., p. 292.
“xérophile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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