Definition of Desiccations

1. Noun. (plural of desiccation) ¹

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Definition of Desiccations

1. desiccation [n] - See also: desiccation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Desiccations

deshydraemia
desi
desialylated
desialylation
desiccant
desiccants
desiccate
desiccated
desiccated coconut
desiccated liver
desiccated pituitary
desiccatedly
desiccates
desiccating
desiccation
desiccations
desiccative
desiccator
desiccators
desiccatory
desiderable
desiderata
desiderate
desiderated
desiderates
desiderating
desideration
desiderations
desiderative
desideratives

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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