xeriphilic

English

Etymology

From xeri- +‎ -philic.

Adjective

xeriphilic (comparative more xeriphilic, superlative most xeriphilic)

1. Adapted to or preferring arid environments.
   • 2017, John Ryan, Plants in Contemporary Poetry:

     Operating within this Australian context, a sacred ecology—which I define as a state of plant-animal-human souls in dynamic exchange with the material landscape—embodies the qualities of antipodean plant life: unique, endemic, ancient, adaptive, xeriphilic, and sensorial.