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Definition of Desiccations
1. desiccation [n] - See also: desiccation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desiccations
Literary usage of Desiccations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1919)
"Untold centuries were doubtless occupied by these alternate inundations and
desiccations until, finally, man took possession of the valley and constructed ..."
2. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"... are listed therein, and is based upon a factor called "1" which represents
the cost of the less expensive desiccations such as spleen, liver, etc. ..."
3. The Lafayette Formation: By W. J. McGee by W. J. McGee (1892)
"Thus, in general terms, the land warping was alike in the two inundations; also
the land warping was alike in the two desiccations; and most remarkable of ..."
4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"FURTHER RESULTS IN DESICCATION AND RESPIRATION OF ECHINOCACTUS ESMOND R. LONG (WITH
ONE FIGURE) A description of the results of a series of desiccations of ..."
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