More like the desert

• Not as rainy
• More in need of xeriscaping
• More desperately in need of rainfall
• What any horse needs to win the Preakness?
• More dry
• What a horse needs to qualify for the Preakness?
• More desiccated
• What a racehorse needs

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a. (en-comparative of: arid )