Meanings
adjectivesoilless (not comparable)
- not comparableLacking home soil; dispossessed
If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soilless army of human prey.
1910, Emma Goldman, “Anarchism: What It Really Stands For”, in Anarchism and Other Essays, published 2005, →ISBN, page 37 - not comparableNot using or containing soil
One popular recipe for a homemade version is two parts soilless mix like Pro-Mix and one part each vermiculite and perlite.
2007 October 4, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times
Origin
- Englishsoil
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishsoilless
Translations
Polish bezglebowy
- bezglebowynot using or containing soil
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Chicago
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