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xerophilous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
xe-rophilous
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to thrive in dry weather.

Example Sentences

  • "The cactus is very xerophilous."

Etymology

From xero- + -philous.

Inflected Forms

more xerophilous (comparative) most xerophilous (superlative)

Derived Forms

subxerophilous

Frequently Paired Words

xerophile xerophilic xerophily

Questions

What does xerophilous mean?
Able to thrive in dry weather.
Where does xerophilous come from?
From xero- + -philous.

How to pronounce xerophilous

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