desert
noun
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all.
desertic
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a word derived from
desert.
Example Sentences
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Probably hundreds of thousands of years separated this underpopulated, desertic world from the one where he used to live.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2013
