planta xerófila

Definitions of planta xerófila
  1. noun
    plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
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    agave, cabuya, pita
    tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
    pita
    widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
    sisal
    Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
    maguey
    Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
    maguey
    Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
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    planta vascular
    green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
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