xeriphyte
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]xeriphyte (plural xeriphytes)
- (horticulture) Alternative form of xerophyte
- 2008, Christopher Grampp, From Yard to Garden: The Domestication of America's Home Grounds, →ISBN:
- East Bay Mud began rationing water and implored homeowners to replace their dying gardens with xeriphytes.
- 2011, Simon Rickard, The New Ornamental Garden, →ISBN, page 176:
- They are definitely not xeriphytes but once established they display a fair degree of drought tolerance, surviving happily on the occasional handout of greywater.
- 2015, James G. Cusick, Studies in Culture Contact: Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology, →ISBN, page 342:
- 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.