xeric
IPA: zˈɛrɪk
adjective
- (of an environment or habitat) Very dry, lacking humidity and water.
- (of an organism) Adapted to live in a very dry habitat.
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Examples of "xeric" in Sentences
- The others are xeric and hydric.
- Its natural habitat is xeric scrubland.
- It is a xeric landscape for large areas.
- They inhabit primarily xeric weedy fields.
- In the mountains that habitat may be xeric.
- All four species are found in xeric habitats.
- Its habitat are xeric, sparsely vegetated and rocky.
- They tend to be associated with xeric or sandy habitats.
- It thrives on a xeric watering regime as required by cacti.
- It is typically found in rocky or sandy soil in xeric woodlands.
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