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noun
Any plant, typically living in deserts, that obtains its water from long taproots that reach the water table
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: aphreatophyte
History
From phreatic + -phyte (“plant”).
Across languages
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