WordNet
desert plant
n. plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte [syn: xerophyte, xerophytic plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant]
Usage examples of "desert plant".
Very quickly after it rains the desert plants start to push up out of the ground.
It held the scents of my childhood memories, all those years when I lived outside and these desert plants and this red sand were my home.