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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
xeric /ˈzɪərɪk, ˈzɛ-/

▶adjective Ecology containing little moisture; very dry. Compare with hydric and mesic1.

– origin 1920s: from xero- + -ic.

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