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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.

(Science: botany) (Gray) desert flora, an American mouse (Hesperomys eremicus), living in the western deserts.

Origin: cf. L. Desertus, p. P. Of deserere, and f. Desert. See desert.


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by canalon
Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:05 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Urgent question
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Forum: Molecular Biology
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Mon May 19, 2008 1:29 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
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by Cat
Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:09 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Oceans, desert
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