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What is the noun for xerophytes?

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xerophyte
  1. (botany) Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.
  2. A desert plant
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “In China, crops, wild plants, tropical plants, alpine plants, halophytes, xerophyte, hydrophyte, geophyte, parasitic plants, are all found to be mycorrhizal.”
xeromorph
  1. any plant, with xeromorphic leaves, that is adapted to a dry atmosphere; a xerophyte
xeromorphy
  1. Quality of being xeromorphic.
xerophytic
xerophytics
  1. plural of xerophytic
xerophytes
  1. plural of xerophyte
  2. Examples:
    1. “High stomatal frequencies are usually characteristic of leaves of xerophytes.”
      “Ferns generally lack some of the more typical adaptations of xerophytes, such as a thick hypodermis, sunken stomata, and CAM photosynthesis.”
      “The plants that are adapted for living in these habitats are called xerophytes, mesophytes, and hydrophytes, respectively.”
xeromorphs
  1. plural of xeromorph
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