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xeriscaping

xeriscaping noun: landscaping in ways that do not require supplemental irrigation. Also the present participle and gerund of xeriscape.

Noun

xeriscaping (usually uncountable, plural xeriscapings)

  1. (usually) Landscaping in ways that do not require supplemental irrigation.
    • I visited him in mid-September. He had recently moved to a cul-de-sac where every house has stucco walls, a ceramic tile roof, and bland xeriscaping.2016 October 31, Andrew Marantz, “Trolls for Trump”, in The New Yorker, retrieved 02 Dec 2017

Also used as

xeriscaping is also the present participle and gerund of xeriscape.

Forms of xeriscaping

pluralxeriscapings

Origin of xeriscaping

From xeriscape + -ing.

Questions about xeriscaping

What does xeriscaping mean?
Xeriscaping means landscaping in ways that do not require supplemental irrigation.
What part of speech is xeriscaping?
Xeriscaping is a noun.
What is the plural of xeriscaping?
The plural of xeriscaping is xeriscapings.

Words near xeriscaping in the dictionary

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

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