semidesert

[ sem-ee-dez-ert, sem-ahy- ]

noun
  1. an extremely dry area characterized by sparse vegetation.

Origin of semidesert

1
First recorded in 1840–50; semi- + desert1

Words Nearby semidesert

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How to use semidesert in a sentence

  • As a rough guess, beyond those tremendous highlands lay the plains of Lower Argentina—the black, wind-swept, semidesert pampas.

  • A spring here betrays the reason for El Morro's popularity among the explorers of a semidesert region.

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  • The trap was set in front of a hole in the semidesert area 12 miles south of San Carlos.