xeric
Adjective
Meaning
being deficient in moisture
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deserts provide xeric environments
In lush rainforests, however, where UV-B radiation and xeric stress were not in excess, light pigmentation would not have been nearly as detrimental.
Such conditions likely caused excess UV-B radiation and xeric stress in early human skin.
Neufeld has been a Knight-Wallace Fellow in Journalism, an Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artist, and a Xeric Award-winner.
Tomorrow, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Dianne Rand of Xeric Garden Club of AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque Garden Center, will lecture about “The Basics of Water Wise Xeric Gardening” at the Elena Gallegos Picnic Area (7100 Tramway Blvd. NE).
This area is the ecoregion identified by World Wide Fund for Nature as Kalahari xeric savanna AT1309.