Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drought-tolerant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: drought--tol-er-ant
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to survive long periods of time without rain.

Example Sentences

"Some of the best drought-tolerant trees are bur oak, Texas red oak, Texas ash, cedar elm, Eve's necklace, chinkapin oak, and Lacey oak."

Inflected Forms

more drought-tolerant (comparative) most drought-tolerant (superlative)

Synonyms

drought-resistant

Questions

What does drought-tolerant mean?: Able to survive long periods of time without rain.

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