Xerosphere
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Xerosphere is a noun meaning A region with extremely arid conditions; a desert environment.
Meaning
A region with extremely arid conditions; a desert environment.
Example Sentences
What about a xerosphere? Be the first on your block to fill the yard with sand, rocks and ocotillo.
They are the pioneer colonizers both in hydrosphere and xerosphere and occupy the base of the trophic pyramid.
We do use the latter across the brook where they make a "lawn" on a rock on rock lateral moraine under big sugar maples, and where absolutely nothing else will grow but the invading pioneers of the xerosphere such as brambles.
Word Forms
- xerospheres
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include xerosere, xerorthent, aridland, paleodesert, aerosphere, pyrosphere.
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