desert soil

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   a type of soil that develops in arid climates

   Synonymsdesertic soil

   Broadersoil

Questions about desert soil

What does desert soil mean?

desert soil means "a type of soil that develops in arid climates".

What is another word for desert soil?

Close synonyms include desertic soil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is desert soil a common word?

desert soil is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.