solum

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noun

Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes; the upper layers of a soil profile that are affected by climate.

OriginLatin solum →
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Meanings

solum1

nounsolum (plural solums or sola)

plural solums · plural sola

  1. Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes; the upper layers of a soil profile that are affected by climate.

Solum2

proper nounSolum (plural Solums)

plural Solums

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Latinsolum“base, bottom; soil”
  2. Englishsolum

From Latin solum (“base, bottom; soil”). Doublet of soil.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with solum

golemidolum
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Anagrams

Mosul
Cite this entry
APA

solum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solum

MLA

“solum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “solum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solum.

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