desiccated
adjective /ˈdesɪkeɪtɪd/
/ˈdesɪkeɪtɪd/
- (of food) dried in order to preserve it
- desiccated coconut
- (specialist) completely dry
- treeless and desiccated soil
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin desiccat- ‘made thoroughly dry’, from the verb desiccare + -ed.