Variant: also pod · sol
Pronunciation: ' päd- ˌ zo ̇ l
Function: noun
Etymology: Russian
Date: 1908
: any of a group of zonal soils that develop in a moist climate especially under coniferous or mixed forest and have an organic mat and a thin organic-mineral layer above a light gray leached layer resting on a dark horizon that is marked by illuviation and enriched with amorphous clay
– pod · zol · ic \ päd- ' zä-lik, - ' zo ̇ - \ adjective