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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Desert \Des"ert\, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F.
d['e]sert. See 2d Desert.]
Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or
cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate;
solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
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He . . . went aside privately into a desert place.
--Luke ix. 10.
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air. --Gray.
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Desert flora (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing
naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently
unproductive place.
Desert+hare+(Zo["o]l.),+a+small+hare+({Lepus+sylvaticus" rel="nofollow">Desert hare (Zo["o]l.), a small hare ({Lepus sylvaticus,
var. Arizon[ae]) inhabiting the deserts of the Western
United States.
Desert mouse (Zo["o]l.), an American mouse ({Hesperomys
eremicus), living in the Western deserts.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Desert \Des"ert\, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F.
d['e]sert. See 2d Desert.]
Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or
cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate;
solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
He . . . went aside privately into a desert place.
--Luke ix. 10.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste
its sweetness on the desert air. --Gray.
Desert flora (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing
naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently
unproductive place.
Desert+hare+(Zo["o]l.),+a+small+hare+({Lepus+sylvaticus" rel="nofollow">Desert hare (Zo["o]l.), a small hare ({Lepus sylvaticus,
var. Arizon[ae]) inhabiting the deserts of the Western
United States.
Desert mouse (Zo["o]l.), an American mouse ({Hesperomys
eremicus), living in the Western deserts.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
desert mouse
n.
(taxlink Pseudomys desertor species noshow=1), a murid found only in
Australia.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
desert mouse
n.
(taxlink Pseudomys desertor species noshow=1), a murid found only in
Australia.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
desert mouse
n.
(taxlink Pseudomys desertor species noshow=1), a murid found only in
Australia.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
desert mouse
n.
(taxlink Pseudomys desertor species noshow=1), a murid found only in
Australia.
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