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 Gellka

link 22.07.2008 7:52 
Subject: landscape style
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xeriscape gardens
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 nephew

link 22.07.2008 7:59 
xeriscape trans. To landscape (an area) in such a way as to minimize its need for irrigation, esp. by using plants and features suited to a dry climate. Also intr.

1987 Los Angeles Times 5 Nov. 1 Several homeowners throughout the county have had their yards ‘xeriscaped’ to save water and maintenance costs. 1990 Southern Living Mar. 92 (heading) Xeriscape to save water. 1992 Kiplinger's Personal Finance Mag. May 106/1 The Carlisles..Xeriscaped their small garden. 1997 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 15 June (Utah section) B1 If all Salt Lake County residents were to xeriscapeor convert their yards into native, thirstless landscapesexisting water supplies would satisfy population growth for decades to come. 2000 ANQ 13 44 Recently, a woman in an Albuquerque subdivision xeriscaped her garden. OED

 

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