Usually means: Dry, but not extremely so.
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  1. semiarid: Merriam-Webster
  2. semiarid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. semiarid: Collins English Dictionary
  4. semiarid: Vocabulary.com
  5. Semiarid, semiarid: Wordnik
  6. semiarid: Wiktionary
  7. semiarid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. semiarid: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. semiarid: Dictionary.com
  10. Semiarid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. semiarid: Rhymezone
  12. semiarid: FreeDictionary.org
  13. semiarid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. semiarid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (semiarid)

▸ adjective:  (climatology) Somewhat arid, receiving little rainfall but more than an arid area would. Typically defined as 25 to 50 cm or 10 to 20 inches of rainfall annually.

Similar:
dry, semidry, semihumid, semisaline, subhumid, xeromesic, sub-Mediterranean, hydromesic, semimoist, yermic, more...

Opposite:
humid, wet, rainy, lush, damp

Types:
tropical, subtropical, temperate, arid, more...

Phrases:
semiarid climate, more...

Adjectives:
warm, vast, cool, humid, most, temperate, tropical, arid, only, boreal, climate

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Similar:
dry, semidry, semihumid, semisaline, subhumid, xeromesic, sub-Mediterranean, hydromesic, semimoist, yermic, more...

Opposite:
humid, wet, rainy, lush, damp

Types:
tropical, subtropical, temperate, arid, more...

Phrases:
semiarid climate, more...

Adjectives:
warm, vast, cool, humid, most, temperate, tropical, arid, only, boreal, climate



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