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10 Language-to-English DictionariesXerikeipe
Native Script:Wassersparende Gartenkunst
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ze-ri-gār-teng-ze-stal-toeng
"Wassersparende Gartenkunst wird in trockenen Regionen immer beliebter."
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A style of landscape design that requires little or no irrigation or other maintenance, used in arid regions.
"Their front yard features a beautiful xeriscape with native cacti, succulents, and decorative gravel."
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To design or adapt a landscape so as to reduce or eliminate the need for supplemental water from irrigation.
"Many homeowners in the Southwest are choosing to xeriscape their properties to cope with severe water shortages."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 1981 by the Denver Water Department in Colorado, combining the Greek prefix xero- (meaning dry, from xeros) with -scape (as a back-formation from landscape). It was intentionally created as a portmanteau to promote water-conserving landscaping methods in arid regions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Xeriscape" is said worldwide
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xérispaysage
Transliteration: ze-ri-pe-i-zaz
"Le xérispaysage permet d'économiser l'eau dans les régions arides."
Xerikeipe
Transliteration: ze-ri-gār-teng-ze-stal-toeng
Script: Wassersparende Gartenkunst
"Wassersparende Gartenkunst wird in trockenen Regionen immer beliebter."
giardino xerofitico
Transliteration: dʒar-di-no ze-ro-fi-ti-ko
"La creazione di un giardino xerofitico riduce drasticamente i consumi idrici."
xerisajismo
Transliteration: kse-ɾi-sa-xis-mo
"El xerisajismo es ideal para jardines en climas secos y áridos."
xerojardinagem
Transliteration: ʃe-ɾo-ʒaɾ-di-nɐ-ʒẽj
"A xerojardinagem economiza muita água durante os períodos de seca."
शुष्क बागवानी
Transliteration: shushk bagvani
"पानी की कमी से बचने के लिए शुष्क बागवानी एक बेहतरीन तरीका है।"
旱景园林
Transliteration: hàn jǐng yuán lín
"旱景园林在干旱地区非常流行，能有效节约水资源。"
건조 조경
Transliteration: geon-jo jo-gyeong
"건조 조경은 물 부족 현상을 해결하는 데 도움을 줍니다."
乾燥地ガーデニング
Transliteration: kansochi gādeningu
"乾燥地ガーデニングは水資源の節約に非常に効果的です。"
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