Etymology

inceptisol

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Today it means: A kind of freely-draining soil that forms quickly through alteration of parent material and has no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter. Full definition →

Latin inceptum
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  1. Latin · derived frominceptum
  2. English todayinceptisol

From Latin inceptum + -i- + -sol

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