gleyic

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adjective

Resembling or relating to gley soils.

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Meanings

adjectivegleyic (comparative more gleyic, superlative most gleyic)

comparative more gleyic · superlative most gleyic

  1. Resembling or relating to gley soils.

    We also sampled rotten wood or organic matter accumulations below trees, and poor sandy soils repeatedly washed by the river during seasonal floods (dystric nitisols with gleyic properties).

    2015 August 13, Thomas Bourguignon et al., “Influence of Soil Properties on Soldierless Termite Distribution”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI

Origin

From gley + -ic.

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

Chicago

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

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