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desert soil

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. desert soil (noun)
  2. red desert soil (noun)

desert soil

noun

Definition of DESERT SOIL

: a soil that develops under sparse shrub vegetation in warm to cool arid climates with a light-colored surface soil usually underlain by calcareous material and a hardpan layer

First Known Use of DESERT SOIL

circa 1938

Rhymes with DESERT SOIL

baby oil, castor oil, drying oil, holy oil, linseed oil, mineral oil, olive oil, peanut oil, prairie soil, rapeseed oil, safflower oil, salad oil, soybean oil, supercoil, tick trefoil

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