xérophile

See also: xerophile

French

Etymology

From xéro- (“dry”) +‎ -phile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡze.ʁɔ.fil/
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Adjective

xérophile (plural xérophiles)

  1. (ecology) xerophilic
    Antonyms: hydrophile, hygrophile, ombrophile
    Hyponyms: xéromorphe, xérothermophile, xéroté

Further reading

  • Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “xérophile”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
  • 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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