Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An extensive upland desert surface consisting either of bare bedrock or of bedrock covered by a thin layer of pebbles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stony desert upland or plateau.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a desert with a rocky surface
- noun a stony desert
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Arabic ḥammāda.]
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Examples
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The presence of original desert types that are dominated by the endemic Astragalus vilosissimus and shrub bindweed (Convolvulus hammada) are characteristic for the east part of region.
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