halophytic.

Relating to plants adapted to grow in saline environments.

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Words that belong together

• halophytic vegetation
• halophytic plant

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Halophytic vegetation formed a thin green edge around the pool.

A halophytic plant survived where the salt had whitened the ground.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a seasonal, material, ecological, or geographic relation; comparison requires a measurable or descriptive basis. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.