The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WETLAND
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result WETLAND
- Take the plunge embracing lake in brown swamp
- Fen country wife has dental treatment?
- Swamp with antelope eating tons
- Lad went swimming in marshy area
- Slough‘s moderate Tory followed by fifty plus
- Strangely wanted to surround lake with water-saturated soil
- Western delta is wild — around November it rarely dries out
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The straight part
We know that "it rarely dries out" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it rarely dries out = wetland.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WETLAND mean?
WETLAND noun- (usually in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.