eremophila

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noun

Any of the genus Eremophila of Australian desert shrubs and trees.

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Meanings

nouneremophila (plural eremophilas)

plural eremophilas

  1. Any of the genus Eremophila of Australian desert shrubs and trees.

    Crimson and orange chats whistled from the heath of spinifex, pittosporums, mulga and eremophila scrubs growing along the sides of the lake.

    2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 190

Origin

  1. translingualEremophila
  2. Englisheremophila

Borrowed from translingual Eremophila.

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APA

eremophila. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eremophila

MLA

“eremophila.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eremophila. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eremophila,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eremophila.

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