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dryland

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[drahy-land] / ˈdraɪˌlænd /

noun

  1. Often drylands. a tract of land having dry, often sandy soil, as on the floor of a valley.

    Acres of the drylands have been reclaimed by irrigation.

Etymology

Origin of dryland

1175–1225; Middle English. See dry, -land

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