xerothermic

xerothermic
/zear'euh therr"mik/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to the condition of being dry and hot: a xerothermic climate.
2. adapted to an environment that is dry and hot: a xerothermic organism.
[1900-05; XERO- + THERMIC]

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