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| —n | |
| 1. | a prolonged period of scanty rainfall |
| 2. | a prolonged shortage |
| 3. | an archaic or dialect word for thirst Archaic and Scot form: drouth |
| [Old English drūgoth; related to Dutch droogte; see | |
| 'droughty | |
| —adj | |
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Example sentences
For this reason, medium and coarse sandy soils, low in clay are known as droughty soils.
It does best on dry soils in full sunlight, and is winter hardy and tolerant of droughty and salty soils.
Droughty conditions are clearly a factor in the maintenance of these stands, but the role of fire is not known.
Sawtooth oak is winter hardy and can be grown in droughty and well-drained soils from sandy loam to clay loam.
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