xeriscape

xeriscape
1. noun /ˈzɛ.ɹɪ.skeɪp,ˈzɛ.ɹə.skeɪp/
A kind of landscape design for arid regions, minimising the need for irrigation.

Randy looks up over the Impala and the retaining wall and the ice-clogged xeriscape above that and into the lobby of Waterhouse House, where Amy Shaftoe has her feet up on a coffee table and is looking through some of the extremely sad Cayuse-related literature that Randy bought for Avi.

2. verb /ˈzɛ.ɹɪ.skeɪp,ˈzɛ.ɹə.skeɪp/
To landscape in a water-friendly manner.
See Also: xeric, xerophyte, xerophytic, xerophytically, xerophytism

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