Home › Words › M › mesoxerophytemesoxerophytemesoxerophyte means any plant whose tolerance to moisture is intermediate between that of a mesophyte and a xerophyte.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, mesoxerophyte ranks #6,635 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom meso- (“middle”) + xero- + -phyte (“plant”).nounAny plant whose tolerance to moisture is intermediate between that of a mesophyte and a xerophyteDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).