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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

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 Those results were bolstered by others showing that different kinds of bacteria and fungi were present in different layers of desert soil. — The Economist, "Waiting for rainLife clings on in the driest corners of the Earth," 1 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of desert soil

circa 1938, in the meaning defined above

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