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Xeric: adjective – in ecology - characterized by dry conditions.
Sometimes a word appeals
for reasons that have nothing to do with its meaning. Xeric was one of those
words for me. I find the sound almost onomatopoeic, how about you?
'Deserts, as opposed to
desserts, tend to be xeric in nature. A xeric dessert would probably be less
than appetising, but a xeric desert is, well, it's actually a redundancy, a bit
like referring to a wet lake.'
27 October 1811 The
inventor, Isaac Singer, was born. He later founded the Singer Sewing Machine
Company, much to the delight and despair of many women, some released from
manual toil and others reduced to the sweatshops of clothing entrepreneurs
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