More about peanut. 1  agriculture of The Gambia (in The Gambia: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing) 2  cultivation in Asia (in origins of agriculture: Land use) 3  description and classification (in groundnut) 4  dispersal of seed and fruit (in seed and fruit: Self-dispersal) 5  nutritive value (in human nutrition: Legumes)
(pÃ¤rch) v. parched, parchÂ·ing, parchÂ·es. v.tr. 1. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth. See Synonyms at dry. 2. To dry or roast (corn, for example) by exposing to heat.
Word Origin and History for arid Expand. adj. 1650s, dry, parched, from French aride (15c.) or directly from Latin aridus dry, arid, parched, from arere to be dry, from PIE root *as- to burn, glow (see ash (n.1)). Figurative sense of uninteresting is from 1827. Related: Aridly.