Definition of Patagonian Desert

1. Noun. A semiarid region in southern South America.

Generic synonyms: Desert
Group relationships: Patagonia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Patagonian Desert

Pasteurella pfaffii
Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis
Pasteurella septicaemiae
Pasteurella tularensis
Pasteurian
Pasteurism
Pastia
Pastia's sign
Pastinaca
Pastinaca sativa
Pasto
Pastor roseus
Pastor sturnus
Patagonia
Patagonian
Patagonian Desert (current term)
Patagonian tinamou
Patagonian tinamous
Patagonian weasel
Patagonians
Patavine
Patavium
Patein's albumin
Patel
Patella vulgata
Patellidae
Patent Office
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Paterson

Literary usage of Patagonian Desert

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Climate. Character of the vegetation according to G. Karsten. iii. The Desert in South America. Physiognomy of the Patagonian desert according to ..."

2. Planet Geographyby Stephen Codrington by Stephen Codrington (2005)
"The Patagonian desert extends right across to the east coast of Argentina where its aridity is partly due to the cold Falkland current. ..."

3. The Desert World by Arthur Mangin (1872)
"... with a more or less vivid red ; and the Fiery Flamingo, probably only a variety of the preceding. Both are natives of the dreary Patagonian desert, ..."

4. A Geography and Atlas of Protestant Missions: Their Environment, Forces by Harlan Page Beach (1901)
"Patagonian Desert. — Much of the territory above described, though not inhabited, is yet capable of sustaining a great population when the advantage or ..."

5. Modern English Prose by George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster (1908)
"... why should it be experienced in a greater degree in the Patagonian desert than in other solitary places, — a desert which is waterless, where animal ..."

6. Theology: Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons by Timothy Dwight (1839)
"... and ten thousands of schools allure their children to knowledge and improvement; would become a vast Patagonian desert, gloomily set with here and there ..."

7. Theology: Explained and Defended in a Series of Sermons by Timothy Dwight, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1830)
"... and ten thousands of schools allure their children to knowledge and improvement; would become a vast Patagonian desert, gloomily set with here and there ..."

8. Idle Days in Patagonia by William Henry Hudson (1917)
"... why should it be experienced in a' greater degree in the Patagonian desert than in other solitary places,—a desert which is waterless, where animal ..."

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