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Aridoamerica

Aridoamerica proper noun: an ethno-ecological region of Southwestern North America, from the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Mexico coast, extending across northern Mexico (including the Baja Peninsula, and spanning from the Gulf of California to the Gulf of Mexico) and the U.S. desert southwest (from California to Texas). It is defined by the use of staple bean Phaseolus acutifolius.

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Proper noun

Aridoamerica

  1. An ethno-ecological region of Southwestern North America, from the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Mexico coast, extending across northern Mexico (including the Baja Peninsula, and spanning from the Gulf of California to the Gulf of Mexico) and the U.S. desert southwest (from California to Texas). It is defined by the use of staple bean Phaseolus acutifolius.

Origin of Aridoamerica

From arid + -o- + America. Coined by American ecologist and ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan in 1985.

Questions about Aridoamerica

What does Aridoamerica mean?
Aridoamerica means an ethno-ecological region of Southwestern North America, from the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Mexico coast, extending across northern Mexico (including the Baja Peninsula, and spanning from the Gulf of California to the Gulf of Mexico) and the U.S. desert southwest (from California to Texas). It is defined by the use of staple bean Phaseolus acutifolius.
What part of speech is Aridoamerica?
Aridoamerica is a proper noun.

Words near Aridoamerica in the dictionary

  1. aridland
  2. aridlands
  3. aridly
  4. aridness
  5. aridnesses
  6. Aridoamerica
  7. Aridzona
  8. arie
  9. Arieh
  10. ariel
  11. ariel gazelle

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