oxisol

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noun

A soil type, containing at all depths no more than ten percent weatherable minerals, and low cation exchange capacity. They are always red or yellowish and best known for their occurrence in tropical rainforest.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounoxisol (plural oxisols)

plural oxisols

  1. A soil type, containing at all depths no more than ten percent weatherable minerals, and low cation exchange capacity. They are always red or yellowish and best known for their occurrence in tropical rainforest.

Translations

Finnish rautamaannos
  • rautamaannossoil type
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APA

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Chicago

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