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Meaning of "xerophily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF XEROPHILY

xerophily  [zɪəˈrɒfɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF XEROPHILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Xerophily is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES XEROPHILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of xerophily in the English dictionary

The definition of xerophily in the dictionary is adaptation for growing or living in dry surroundings.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH XEROPHILY


acarophily
ˌækəˈrɒfɪlɪ
anemophily
ˌænɪˈmɒfɪlɪ
anisophylly
ˌænaɪˈsɒfɪlɪ
arctophily
ɑːkˈtɒfɪlɪ
bibliophily
ˌbɪblɪˈɒfɪlɪ
cartophily
kɑːˈtɒfɪlɪ
entomophily
ˌɛntəˈmɒfɪlɪ
halophily
hæˈlɒfɪlɪ
hydrophily
haɪˈdrɒfɪlɪ
malacophily
ˌmæləˈkɒfɪlɪ
monophyly
məˈnɒfɪlɪ
myophily
maɪˈɒfɪlɪ
myrmecophily
ˌmɜːmɪˈkɒfɪlɪ
ornithophily
ˌɔːnɪˈθɒfɪlɪ
photophily
fəʊˈtɒfɪlɪ
psychophily
saɪˈkɒfɪlɪ
sclerophylly
sklɪərˈɒfɪlɪ
scripophily
skrɪˈpɒfɪlɪ
timbrophily
tɪmˈbrɒfɪlɪ
toxophily
tɒkˈsɒfɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE XEROPHILY

xerographer
xerographic
xerographically
xerography
xeroma
xeromorph
xeromorphic
xerophagy
xerophile
xerophilous
xerophthalmia
xerophthalmic
xerophyte
xerophytic
xerophytically
xerophytism
xeroradiography
xerosere
xerosis
xerostoma

WORDS THAT END LIKE XEROPHILY

gushily
healthily
lengthily
maximaphily
notaphily
oenophily
patchily
pithily
praiseworthily
raunchily
sketchily
stealthily
symphily
techily
toothily
touchily
trashily
unhealthily
unworthily
worthily

Synonyms and antonyms of xerophily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «xerophily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF XEROPHILY

Find out the translation of xerophily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of xerophily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «xerophily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

xerophily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

xerophily
570 millions of speakers

English

xerophily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

xerophily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

xerophily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

xerophily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

xerophily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

xerophily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

xerophily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Xerophily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

xerophily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

xerophily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

xerophily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Xerophily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xerophily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

xerophily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक्सरोफिली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

xerophily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

xerophily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

xerophily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

xerophily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

xerophily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

xerophily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

xerophily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

xerophily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

xerophily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of xerophily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «XEROPHILY»

The term «xerophily» is used very little and occupies the 187.379 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «XEROPHILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «xerophily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «xerophily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about xerophily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «XEROPHILY»

Discover the use of xerophily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to xerophily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Heavy Metal Tolerant Flora of Southcentral Africa
These are: xerophily, eutrophy, mesophily and even hygrophily. Termite hill vegetation in fact consists of a mosaic of ecological groups (Duvigneaud, 1955), among which xerophilic and eutrophic species are most common. The xerophily  ...
R. R. Brooks, François Malaisse, A. Empain, 1985
2
In Nature's Name: An Anthology of Women's Writing and ...
The explanation of inherited xerophily does not seem to bear looking into closely. Are there any other factors apart from environment which might necessitate xerophily in a group of plants? The great influence of the surroundings and climatic ...
Barbara T. Gates, 2002
3
The New Phytologist
In the xerophytic Platyzoma the departing leaf- traces, which are very small and much crowded, leave no gap in the stele. Its xerophily and the smallness of its leaves make it very probable that it has arisen from a solenostelic form by reduction.
Sir Arthur George Tansley, 1908
4
Volume 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, ...
The most significant departure from xylo-mycetophagy (as it is termed by Kompantseva) is toward xerophily (adaptation to dry environments, including eremophily which refers to deserts in particular), which has occurred many times  ...
Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel, John F. Lawrence, 2010
5
Water, Radiation, Salt, and Other Stresses
Conversely, it must be realized that drought resistance is possible without the development of xeromorphic characters, if the resistance is due to tolerance (see below). In short, xerophily (and in particular xeromorphy) is not necessarily always ...
J. Levitt, 1980
6
Plants in Mesozoic Time: Morphological Innovations, ...
Classopollis in Jurassic palynofloras combined with sedimentological evidence of aridity suggests xerophily (e.g., Barrón etal. 2006). However, direct evidence on paleoecology of Jurassic representatives of the Podo- carpaeae and ...
Carole T. Gee, 2010
7
Fungal Biology
... of psychrophily 1 75 Variety and distribution of psychrophilous fungi 176 'Snow moulds' 177 Fungi of frozen foods 177 Xerophily in fungi 178 Xerophilous and xero-tolerant fungi 179 The 'osmophilous' Aspergilli 180 Basis of xerophily 182 7.
Harry J. Hudson, 1992
8
The Plant world
The conclusion of these writers is that the xerophily of bog plants is due to the toxic effect of the habitat. (2) Xerophytic nature due to persistence of stable structures Clements (1905: 126) holds the view that many of the so- called swamp ...
Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society, 1919
9
The American Naturalist
In other words, the author regards the xerophily of this group as phylogenetic, not adaptive. With Miss Stope's general conclusion that the xerophily of the Coniferales is phylogenetic and not ecological, Moss agrees (New Phytologist 6  ...
‎1907
10
Reprints: (Botany).
It is generally held that they have been derived from a megaphyllous stock and that leaf reduction has been brought about by xerophily. Now it has been shown that in the Angiosperms the expression of xerophily may take many forms, ...
University of Sydney, 1924

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «XEROPHILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term xerophily is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Alphabetical, Week 10: The Home Stretch Beckons
X is for Xerophily. The ability to survive dry conditions, aka what teams will have to do as injuries mount and the fatigue of the season kicks in down the stretch in ... «SB Nation, Nov 11»

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