xeriphyte
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of xerophyte.
Example Sentences
- "East Bay Mud began rationing water and implored homeowners to replace their dying gardens with xeriphytes."
- "They are definitely not xeriphytes but once established they display a fair degree of drought tolerance, surviving happily on the occasional handout of greywater."
- "Maguey (Agave spp., the century plant), a xeriphyte, was a staple of life in central Mexico, its sap a significant dietary partner and its fibers used for cordage and textiles, to cite two of its best-known uses."
Etymology
From xeri- + -phyte.