shí​mò​huà

rocky desertification

  • created sense approved 石漠化 · shí​mò​huà · rocky desertification — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    石漠化

    shí​mò​huà

    rocky desertification

    The process by which land turns into desert due to vegetation loss and soil erosion, leaving the surface covered in rocks or bare stone

    石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone 漠 (literal) → 漠 · mò · desert 化 (bound) → 化 · huà · [...-ize]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense