sandy

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Pineapples prefer soil that is slightly acidic (pH of 4.5 to 6.5), sandy, and has good drainage

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  1. adjective Covered with, full of, or consisting of sand.
  2. adjective Having characteristics similar to sand.
  3. adjective Of the color of sand; light yellowish brown.

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  1. from Middle English *sandy, sondi, from Anglo-Saxon sandig (= Dutch zandig = Middle High German sandic = G. Danish Swedish sandig = Icelandic söndugr), sandy, from sand, sand: see sand.
  2. Also sandie, sanny; abbreviation of sandy laverock.
  3. Prob. from sandy, a.
 

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/ˈsændi/
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