Desert and Very dry

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Desert noun - Land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops.

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Very dry and desert are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Very dry" instead an adjective "Desert".

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Desert and very dry are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desert" instead an adjective phrase "Very dry".

Originally "desert" simply referred to wilderness rather than the more specific modern definition of a very dry region (usually hot and sandy/rocky), so Bohemia having a "desert" might not be as bad as it sounds.

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One big difference seems to be that, while Florida is a very wet state, surrounded by water, filled with swamps, and prone to hurricanes, California has the opposite problem of being very dry, being a desert environment and suffering from drought for several years.

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