dryland

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noun

Land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.

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Meanings

noundryland (countable and uncountable, plural drylands)

plural drylands

  1. attributivecountableoftenuncountableLand that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.

    Semi-arid cropping systems in India, and to a greater extent in Indo-China and east Indonesia, use dryland or upland rice when possible during the wet season.

    1995, C. J. Pearson, D. W. Norman, J. Dixon, Sustainable Dryland Cropping in Relation to Soil Productivity, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, →ISBN, page 81, UN call number FAO(05)/S6/no.72/ENG

Origin

From dry + land.

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Translations

Spanish secarral
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APA

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Chicago

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