xerophile xerophil • xerophilous · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · xerophile · · Text Latin · · Script 9 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte. Synonyms: desert plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant, xerophilous plant. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · desert plant · · Synonym 1 xerophyte · · Synonym 2 xerophytic plant · · Synonym 3 xerophilous plant · · Synonym 4 Characters · · e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 x latin small letter x U+0078