inceptisol

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noun

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.

OriginLatin inceptum →
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Meanings

nouninceptisol (plural inceptisols)

plural inceptisols

  1. soil scienceA 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.

Origin

  1. Latininceptum
  2. Englishinceptisol

From Latin inceptum + -i- + -sol

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Translations

Catalan inceptisòl
  • inceptisòlsoil type
Finnish heikkomaannos
  • heikkomaannossoil type

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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