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arid: Meaning and Definition of

ar•id

Pronunciation: (ar'id), [key]
— adj.
  1. being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
  2. barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture: arid farmland.
  3. lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune: an arid treatment of an exciting topic.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
Arica aridification
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