dryland
dryland noun: land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.
Noun
dryland (countable and uncountable, plural drylands)
- 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.1995, C. J. Pearson, D. W. Norman, J. Dixon, Sustainable Dryland Cropping in Relation to Soil Productivity, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, →ISBN, page 81, UN call number FAO(05)/S6/no.72/ENG
dryland meaning in Tamil
dryland in Tamil
- புரடை, கட்டாந்தரை
Forms of dryland
| plural | drylands |
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Origin of dryland
From dry + land.
Questions about dryland
- What does dryland mean?
- Dryland means land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.
- What is dryland in Tamil?
- Dryland in Tamil is புரடை, கட்டாந்தரை. See Dryland meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dryland?
- Dryland is a noun.
- What is the plural of dryland?
- The plural of dryland is drylands.
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