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xerosphere

xerosphere noun: a region with extremely arid conditions; a desert environment.

Noun

xerosphere (plural xerospheres)

  1. A region with extremely arid conditions; a desert environment.
    • We do use the latter across the brook where they make a "lawn" on a rock on rock lateral moraine under big sugar maples, and where absolutely nothing else will grow but the invading pioneers of the xerosphere such as brambles.1984, The Daffodil Journal - Volumes 21-22, page 136
    • What about a xerosphere? Be the first on your block to fill the yard with sand, rocks and ocotillo.2001 April 13, Don K., “What Would You Do?”, in misc.consumers.frugal-living (Usenet)

Forms of xerosphere

pluralxerospheres

Origin of xerosphere

From xero- + -sphere.

Questions about xerosphere

What does xerosphere mean?
Xerosphere means a region with extremely arid conditions; a desert environment.
What part of speech is xerosphere?
Xerosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of xerosphere?
The plural of xerosphere is xerospheres.

Words near xerosphere in the dictionary

  1. xeroseres
  2. xeroses
  3. xerosis
  4. xerosol
  5. xerosols
  6. xerosphere
  7. xerospheres
  8. xerostoma
  9. xerostomia
  10. xerostomias
  11. xerostomic

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