desiccated
To be desiccated is to be dried out. If you like desiccated fruit, you like dried fruit — such as raisins or dried apricots.
Something that's described with the adjective desiccated is extremely dry, or parched. During a drought, the ground becomes cracked and desiccated. Removing moisture and humidity from something is what makes it become desiccated. The Latin root, desiccatus, means "to make very dry."
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thoroughly dried out
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preserved by removing natural moisture“shredded and desiccated coconut meat”
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synonyms:
dehydrated, dried
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preserved
prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use
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preserved
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lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
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