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DESERT PLANT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
Synonyms:
desert plant; xerophile; xerophilous plant; xerophyte; xerophytic plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("desert plant" is a kind of...):
tracheophyte; vascular plant (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "desert plant"):
agave; 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 fiber)