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Hydrophyte vs Xerophyte - What's the difference?

hydrophyte | xerophyte |

In botany terms the difference between hydrophyte and xerophyte

is that hydrophyte is a plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water, usually excluding seaweed while xerophyte is any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.

hydrophyte

English

(Aquatic plant)

Noun

(hydrophytes)
  • (botany) A plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water, usually excluding seaweed.

    • Hyponyms

    * amphiphyte, elodeid, isoetid, helophyte, nymphaeid, pleuston

    xerophyte

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.
  • A desert plant

    • Synonyms

    * xeric plant

    Derived terms

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    See also

    * xeromorphic * xerophytic