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Definition of desiccated adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

desiccated

adjective
 
/ˈdesɪkeɪtɪd/
 
/ˈdesɪkeɪtɪd/
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  1. (of food) dried in order to preserve it
    • desiccated coconut
  2. (specialist) completely dry
    • treeless and desiccated soil
  3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin desiccat- ‘made thoroughly dry’, from the verb desiccare + -ed.
See desiccated in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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