Meanings
adjectivexeriphilic (comparative more xeriphilic, superlative most xeriphilic)
comparative more xeriphilic · superlative most xeriphilic
- Adapted to or preferring arid environments.
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.
2017, John Ryan, Plants in Contemporary Poetry
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