phreatic /frē-atˈik/

1. Relating to underground water supplying, or probably able to supply, wells or springs, or to the soil or rocks containing it, or to wells
2. (of underground gases, etc) present in or causing volcanic eruptions

phreatˈophyte noun

A deep-rooted plant drawing its water from the water table or just above it

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