Xerophyllum tenax : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

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English Dictionary: Xerophyllum tenax	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
xerophile n plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte Synonym(s): desert plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
xerophilous plant n plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte Synonym(s): desert plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Xerophyllum n small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae Synonym(s): Xerophyllum, genus Xerophyllum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Xerophyllum tenax n plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers Synonym(s): squaw grass, bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Xerophilous \Xeroph"ilous\, a. [Gr. [?] dry + [?] to love.] (Bot.) Drought-loving; able withstand the absence or lack of moisture. Plants which are peculiarly adapted to dry climates are termed by De Candolle xerophilous. --Goodale.