xeric.

Having or suited to an environment with very little available moisture.

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Words that belong together

• xeric habitat
• xeric conditions

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The survey recorded shrubs characteristic of xeric habitats.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon.