desert : Idioms & Phrases

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arabian desert

  • noun a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea
    Arabian Desert.
  • noun a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia
    Arabian Desert.
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atacama desert

  • noun a desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits
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australian desert

  • noun general name given to all desert areas in Australia
    Australian Desert.
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black rock desert

  • noun a desert in northwestern Nevada
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chihuahuan desert

  • noun a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico
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colorado desert

  • noun an arid region of southeastern California
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desert boot

  • noun a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
    buskin; half boot; combat boot; top boot.
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Desert flora

  • (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently unproductive place.
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desert four o'clock

  • noun wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico
    Colorado four o'clock; maravilla; Mirabilis multiflora.
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desert fox

  • noun German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)
    Erwin Rommel; Rommel.
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Desert hare

  • (Zoöl.), a small hare (Lepus sylvaticus, var. Arizonæ) inhabiting the deserts of the Western United States.
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desert holly

  • noun handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration
    Atriplex hymenelytra.
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desert iguana

  • noun small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
    Dipsosaurus dorsalis.
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desert lynx

  • noun of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia
    caracal; Lynx caracal.
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desert mariposa tulip

  • noun mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
    Calochortus kennedyi.
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Desert mouse

  • (Zoöl.), an American mouse (Hesperomys eremicus), living in the Western deserts.
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desert olive

  • noun spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits
    Forestiera neomexicana; tanglebush.
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desert paintbrush

  • noun most common paintbrush of western United States dry lands; having erect stems ending in dense spikes of bright orange to red flowers
    Castilleja chromosa.
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desert pea

  • noun sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia
    desert pea; Clianthus formosus; Clianthus speciosus; Sturt pea.
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desert plant

  • noun plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
    xerophytic plant; xerophile; xerophilous plant; xerophyte.
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desert plume

  • noun perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
    Stanleya pinnata; Cleome pinnata; prince's-plume.
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desert rat

  • noun any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
    Dipodomys phillipsii; kangaroo rat.
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desert rheumatism

  • noun an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules
    coccidiomycosis; valley fever; coccidioidomycosis.
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desert rose

  • noun South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
    impala lily; kudu lily; mock azalia; Adenium multiflorum; Adenium obesum.
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desert sand verbena

  • noun soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico
    Abronia villosa.
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desert selaginella

  • noun prostrate spikemoss; California
    Selaginella eremophila.
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desert soil

  • noun a type of soil that develops in arid climates
    desertic soil.
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desert sunflower

  • noun slender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads; sandy desert areas of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona and northwestern Mexico
    Gerea canescens.
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desert tortoise

  • noun burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
    Gopherus agassizii.
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desert willow

  • noun evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods
    Chilopsis linearis.
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eastern desert

  • noun a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea
    Arabian Desert.
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gibson desert

  • noun a desert area in western Australia
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gila desert

  • noun a desert area in southern Arizona
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gobi desert

  • noun a desert in central China
    Gobi.
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great arabian desert

  • noun a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia
    Arabian Desert.
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great australian desert

  • noun general name given to all desert areas in Australia
    Australian Desert.
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great indian desert

  • noun a desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan
    Great Indian Desert.
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great salt desert

  • noun a salt desert in north central Iran
    Great Salt Desert; Dasht-e-Kavir.
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great sandy desert

  • noun a desert in southern Saudi Arabia
    Ar Rimsal; Rub al-Khali; Dahna.
  • noun a desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert
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great victoria desert

  • noun a desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain
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just deserts

  • noun an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)
    poetic justice.
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kalahari desert

  • noun a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana
    Kalahari.
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kavir desert

  • noun a salt desert in north central Iran
    Great Salt Desert; Dasht-e-Kavir.
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libyan desert

  • noun the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan
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lut desert

  • noun a desert in eastern Iran
    Dasht-e-Lut.
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mohave desert

  • noun a desert area in southern California and western Arizona
    Mojave; Mohave Desert; Mohave.
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mojave desert

  • noun a desert area in southern California and western Arizona
    Mojave; Mohave Desert; Mohave.
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namib desert

  • noun a desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean
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negev desert

  • noun a desert in southern Israel
    Negev.
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nubian desert

  • noun an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea
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operation desert storm

  • noun the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)
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painted desert

  • noun a desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona
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patagonian desert

  • noun a semiarid region in southern South America
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Pride of the desert

  • (Zoöl.), the camel.
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sahara desert

  • noun the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa
    Sahara.
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simpson desert

  • noun a desert region of central Australia
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sinai desert

  • noun a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt
    Sinai.
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sonoran desert

  • noun a desert in southwestern Arizona
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sturt's desert pea

  • noun sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia
    desert pea; Clianthus formosus; Clianthus speciosus; Sturt pea.
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syrian desert

  • noun a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia
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taklamakan desert

  • noun a desert in western China
    Taklamakan Desert.
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taklimakan desert

  • noun a desert in western China
    Taklamakan Desert.
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thar desert

  • noun a desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan
    Great Indian Desert.
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turkestan desert

  • noun a desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea
    Kara Kum; Qara Qum.
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