"xeriphyte" meaning in English

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