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scab⋅land

[skab-land]
–noun Physical Geography.
rough, barren, volcanic topography with thin soils and little vegetation.

Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; scab + land
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scab·land   (skāb'lānd')   
n.  An elevated area of barren rocky land with little or no soil cover, often crossed by dry stream channels. Often used in the plural: the scablands of eastern Washington.
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