Dryland

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert. attributive, countable, often, uncountable

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From dry + land.

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