xeriscaping

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noun

Landscaping in ways that do not require supplemental irrigation.

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Meanings

nounxeriscaping (usually uncountable, plural xeriscapings)

plural xeriscapings

  1. uncountableusuallyLandscaping 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
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of xeriscape

Origin

From xeriscape + -ing.

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APA

xeriscaping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xeriscaping

MLA

“xeriscaping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xeriscaping. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xeriscaping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xeriscaping.

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