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Desert

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Definition: An area with little precipitation or where evaporation exceeds precpitation, and thus includes sparse vegetation.
Common Misspellings: Dessert - a sweet end to a good meal; don't eat your dessert in the desert.
Examples:
The Sahara Desert in Africa is large but the world's largest desert is actually the continent of Antarctica.

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