aridity.

Extreme dryness caused by very little available moisture.

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Words that belong together

• aridity of the climate
• increasing aridity

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The aridity of the plateau left few plants taller than a boot.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.