Phreatophyte

//fɹɪˈatəfʌɪt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any plant, typically living in deserts, that obtains its water from long taproots that reach the water table

Etymology

From phreatic + -phyte (“plant”).

Related phrases

water table

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