flowering desert

noun

The blossoming of a wide variety of flowers in the Atacama Desert, Chile, between September and November in years of unusually high rainfall.

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Meanings

nounflowering desert (plural flowering deserts)

plural flowering deserts

  1. The blossoming of a wide variety of flowers in the Atacama Desert, Chile, between September and November in years of unusually high rainfall.
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