subaridadj.
/ˌsʌbˈarɪd/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈɛrəd/ Somewhat arid, moderately dry; having some features of an arid climate. Also (of a region): adjacent to or on the borders of an arid region.
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1881 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 122 249 Descending to lower levels inland they soon become dry and produce a sub-arid climate.
1895 Forum June 468 There was once a widespread delusion in the sub-arid belt..that rainfall follows the plough.
1939 Montana: State Guide Bk. (Federal Writers' Project) i. 10 Winters west of the Rockies are therefore more moderate, summers cooler, and rainfall more plentiful than in subarid eastern Montana.
1959 J. Phillips Agric. & Ecol. Afr. xxii. 228 A belt of now open but formerly wooded savanna..which has been converted to subarid open grassland over much of its range.
2004 Near Eastern Archaeol. 67 224/1 The present distinction between the sub-arid environment of the western plateau and the arid eastern plateau would have been no less dramatic during the Roman and Umayyad periods.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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