xeriscaping

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English

Etymology

From xeriscape +‎ -ing.

Noun

xeriscaping (usually uncountable, plural xeriscapings)

  1. Landscaping in ways that do not require supplemental irrigation.
    • 2016 October 31, Andrew Marantz, “Trolls for Trump”, in The New Yorker, retrieved December 2, 2017:
      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.

Verb

xeriscaping

  1. present participle and gerund of xeriscape

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