barrens

n.an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

"the barrens of central Africa"

同义词：wastewasteland

adj.

providing no shelter or sustenance

"barren lands"

同义词：barebleakdesolatestark

completely wanting or lacking

"writing barren of insight"

同义词：destitutedevoidinnocent

not bearing offspring

"a barren woman"

incapable of sustaining life

"the dead and barren Moon"

Industrial barrens: extreme habitats created by non-ferrous metallurgy
Grassland Bird use of Oak Barrens and Dry Prairies in Wisconsin
Effects of prairie and barrens management on butterfly faunal composition
The big barrens region of Kentucky and Tennessee: further observations and considerations.
Classification of Barrens and Other Natural Xeric Forest Openings in Southern Illinois
Population biology of green sea urchins on rocky barrens
Siphonaptera of Peromyscus in the Niobrara Chalk Barrens, Colorado
Savannas, Barrens, and Rock Outcrop Plant Communities of North America: Ecology and Conservation of Florida Scrub
Micro‐Scale Restoration: A 25‐Year History of a Southern Illinois Barrens
Microhabitat use by larvae and females of a rare barrens butterfly, frosted elfin ( Callophrys irus )