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1909 E. Warming et al. Oecol. Plants xlvi. 194 There must be a causal connexion between the soil and the xeromorphic structure which has been described.

1938 J. E. Weaver & F. E. Clements Plant Ecol. (ed. 2) xvi. 445 Xeromorphic structures such as thick cuticle, waxy covering, or abundant development of hairs have little value in directly reducing the rate of transpiration of xerophytes so long as the stomata are open.

1974 Nature 26 Apr. 807/2 The Hybanthus shrubs conspicuous by their apparent lack of xeromorphic adaptation to a climate which becomes increasingly arid towards the continental interior.