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