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dryland

noun

  1. land with little water
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From dry + land.

  1. Land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.

    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.