noun see: wharf Date: 1912 a pair of layers of alternately finer and coarser silt or clay believed to comprise an annual cycle of deposition in a body of still water, ~d adjective
VARVE
Meaning of VARVE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012