different between xeriscaped vs xeriscape

English

Verb

xeriscaped

1. simple past tense and past participle of xeriscape
   • 2011 — Marc Lacey, The New York Times, "Spraying to Make Yards Green ... but With Paint, Not Water"

     But do not get devotees of xeriscaped yards, as desert landscaping is known, started about the deleterious effects of all that grass planted around the desert, wastefully sapping water, a valuable and scarce commodity here.

English

Etymology

From 1980s Xeriscape, a term coined (and trademarked) by Denver Water. From xeri- +? -scape.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?z?.??.ske?p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?z?.??.ske?p/

Noun

xeriscape (plural xeriscapes)

1. A kind of landscape design for arid regions, minimising the need for irrigation. [from 1980s]
   • 1999, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon, London: Heinemann, ?ISBN; republished London: Arrow Books, Random House, 2000, ?ISBN, page 628:

     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.

Verb

xeriscape (third-person singular simple present xeriscapes, present participle xeriscaping, simple past and past participle xeriscaped)

1. To landscape in a water-friendly manner.

Related terms

• xeric
• xerophyte
• xerophytic
• xerophytically
• xerophytism