Assertion: devil | /r/HasProperty | barren
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: devil +‎ strip, from the area’s status as a no man's land between private and public property, devil or devil's in place names meaning “barren, unproductive and unused”.
text: "Devil" occurs in many such folk terms, applied to plants, animals, places and things, usually those considered dangerous or unattractive, and the sense of "devil" when found in place names is often "barren, unproductive and unused.