cambisol

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noun

A kind of soil that is beginning to form, characterized by weak, mostly brownish discolouration and/or structure formation in the soil profile, and developed in medium and fine-textured materials derived from a wide range of rocks.

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Meanings

nouncambisol (plural cambisols)

plural cambisols

  1. soil scienceA kind of soil that is beginning to form, characterized by weak, mostly brownish discolouration and/or structure formation in the soil profile, and developed in medium and fine-textured materials derived from a wide range of rocks.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
argosol

Translations

Czech kambizem
  • kambizemsoil type
Finnish muutosmaannos
  • muutosmaannossoil type
Cite this entry
APA

cambisol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cambisol

MLA

“cambisol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cambisol. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cambisol,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cambisol.

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