Answer:

sere

Answer	Crossword Clue
SERE	Dry as dust
SERE	Parched
SERE	Very dry

SERE	Arid
SERE	Drought-scourged
SERE	Withered
SERE	Dry
SERE	Saharan
SERE	Waterless
SERE	Unmoist
SERE	Dried out

SERE	Dehydrated
SERE	Dry and withered
SERE	All dried out
SERE	Bone-dry
SERE	Far from lush
SERE	Dried up
SERE	Bone dry
SERE	Ecological cycle

SERE	Like fallen leaves, eventually
SERE	Dried-up
SERE	Drought-damaged, perhaps
SERE	Dry as a bone
SERE	Like the Mohave
SERE	Like the Sahara
SERE	Gobi-like
SERE	Like the Gobi

SERE	Beyond dry
SERE	Desertlike
SERE	Desiccated
SERE	Exceedingly dry
SERE	Hardly lush
SERE	Sun-cracked
SERE	Dried and withered
SERE	Dried

SERE	All dried up
SERE	Moisture-free
SERE	Drought-ridden
SERE	Like the desert
SERE	Plagued by drought