"semidesert" meaning in English

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        {
          "word": "semidesertic"
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        "A semiarid region, approaching desert."
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          "word": "semi-desert"
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          "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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          "word": "polopoušť"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
          "word": "puoliaavikko"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Halbwüste"
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          "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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          "word": "semideserto"
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          "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "subdeserto"
        },
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "halvørken"
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          "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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          "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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          "word": "półpustynia"
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          "roman": "polupustýnja",
          "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "полупусты́ня"
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          "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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      "word": "semi-desert"
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      "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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      "word": "polopoušť"
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      "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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      "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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      "word": "Halbwüste"
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      "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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      "word": "semideserto"
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      "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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      "word": "subdeserto"
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      "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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      "word": "halvørken"
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      "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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      ],
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      "sense": "semiarid region, approaching desert",
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