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Meaning of desiccated

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  desiccated
      adj 1: thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban
             cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" [syn:
             {desiccated}, {dried-out}]
      2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried
         fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut
         meat" [syn: {dried}, {dehydrated}, {desiccated}]
      3: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect
         but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance";
         "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of
         desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [syn: {arid}, {desiccate},
         {desiccated}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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