desiccated

Remnants of desiccated hay crunched underfoot, and the sun-baked soil was fragmented with deep cracks.

“They’re desiccated, or freeze-dried, to preserve the organs as a nutrient-dense powder,” a representative of the store said via email.

In today’s desiccated media landscape, it’s hard to imagine that Long Beach once supported two daily newspapers — the afternoon Press-Telegram and the morning Independent.

“They’re desiccated, or freeze-dried, to preserve the organs as a nutrient-dense powder,” a representative of the store said via email.

His hands and feet became “desiccated, clenched and drying,” he told the Daily Telegraph.