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adj
Somewhat arid, receiving little rainfall but more than an arid area would, typically defined as 25 to 50 cm of rainfall annually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, natural-sciences
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adjective satellite
somewhat arid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *h2eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *h2eHs-eh1yeti Proto-Italic *āzēō Latin āreō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin āriduslbor. French arideder. ▲ Latin āridusder. English arid English semiarid From semi- + arid.
Across languages
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