noun
also sol·o·nets |sälə|nets
( plural solonetzes also solonetz also solonetses )
Etymology: Russian solonets salt not extracted by decoction, from solonyĭ salty
: any of an intrazonal group of dark hard alkaline soils showing columnar structure and containing sulfates, bicarbonates, and other soluble salts which evolve by leaching and alkalizing from solonchak in imperfectly drained semiarid regions
• sol·o·netz·ic -tsik adjective