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xeriscapes

xeriscapes is the plural of xeriscape.

xeriscapes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of xeriscape.

Meaning of xeriscape

Noun

xeriscape (plural xeriscapes)

  1. A kind of landscape design for arid regions, minimising the need for irrigation.
    • Randy looks up over the Impala and the retaining wall and the ice-clogged xeriscape above that and into the lobby of Waterhouse House, where Amy Shaftoe has her feet up on a coffee table and is looking through some of the extremely sad Cayuse-related literature that Randy bought for Avi.1999, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon, London: Heinemann; republished London: Arrow Books, Random House, 2000, page 628

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Questions about xeriscapes

What is xeriscapes the plural of?
Xeriscapes is the plural of xeriscape.

Words near xeriscapes in the dictionary

  1. xeriphytes
  2. xeriscape
  3. xeriscaped
  4. xeriscaper
  5. xeriscapers
  6. xeriscapes
  7. xeriscaping
  8. xeriscapings
  9. xeriscence
  10. xeriscent
  11. xero-

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