dryland

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Etymology

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From dry +‎ land.

Noun

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dryland (countable and uncountable, plural drylands)

  1. (often attributive) Land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.
    • 1995, C. J. Pearson, D. W. Norman, J. Dixon, Sustainable Dryland Cropping in Relation to Soil Productivity[1], Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, →ISBN, page 81, UN call number FAO(05)/S6/no.72/ENG:
      Semi-arid cropping systems in India, and to a greater extent in Indo-China and east Indonesia, use dryland or upland rice when possible during the wet season.

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