drought-tolerant

English

Adjective

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

1. Able to survive long periods of time without rain.
   • 2003, Howard Garrett, Dear Dirt Doctor: Questions Answered the Natural Way, University of Texas Press, page 109:

     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.

Synonyms

• drought-resistant

Translations

able to survive long periods of time without rain

• Arabic: مقاوم للجفاف
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耐旱的 (nàihàn de)

• Czech: suchovzdorný
• Finnish: kuivuutta sietävä, kuivuutta kestävä
• Hungarian: aszálytűrő (hu), szárazságtűrő (hu)
• Polish: suszoodporny (pl)
• Russian: засухоустойчивый (ru) (zasuxoustojčivyj)