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xeriscape

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xeriscape /ˈzɪərɪskeɪp / mainly US English
noun a garden or landscape created in a style that requires little or no irrigation or other maintenance, used in arid regions:
it has become trendy to replace water-thirsty gardens with xeriscapes.
verb [with object] cultivate (an area) as a xeriscape:
I wanted to remove the grass along the sidewalk and xeriscape that area too.
– ORIGIN 1980s: from xeric + -scape.
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