umbrisol

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noun

A kind of soil with a dark topsoil and having organic matter accumulated within the mineral surface soil.

OriginLatin umbra →
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Meanings

nounumbrisol (plural umbrisols)

plural umbrisols

  1. A kind of soil with a dark topsoil and having organic matter accumulated within the mineral surface soil.

Origin

  1. Latinumbra“shadow”
  2. Englishumbrisol

Borrowed from Latin umbra (“shadow”) + -sol

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Translations

Finnish hapanmultamaannos
  • hapanmultamaannossoil type
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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