SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
xeric
adjective
Having very little moisture, or adapted to such conditions.
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The Orchard With Two Front Doors · paragraph 5Having very little moisture, or adapted to such conditions.
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See xeric in use
The gardener chose plants suited to the bed's xeric conditions.
The gardener set the sample beside a map of the xeric hillside where the plant had grown.
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