'Desert flora' definitions:

Definition of 'Desert flora'

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  • Desert \Des"ert\, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F. d['e]sert. See 2d Desert.] Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island. [1913 Webster]
  • He . . . went aside privately into a desert place. --Luke ix. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
  • Desert flora (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently unproductive place.
  • Desert hare (Zool.), a small hare (Lepus sylvaticus, var. Arizon[ae]) inhabiting the deserts of the Western United States.
  • Desert mouse (Zool.), an American mouse ({Hesperomys eremicus}), living in the Western deserts. [1913 Webster]