desert soil

noun

1. a type of soil developed in arid climates, characterized by a lack of leaching and small humus content

Example Sentences

The first attempt to make this desert soil yield a suitable return for the labor of the farmer was made at Salt Lake City.

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Beyond doubt, some spore of the afflatus must have sprung up within him in spite of the desert soil of San Saba.

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Is there parched or desert soil on the banks of the Colorado?

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Undoubtedly the root cause of many of the ailments was the pollution of the desert soil.

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It had been away in desert soil that had blighted it, and where it had grown wild and strange; and, lo!

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