COLLUVIUM


Meaning of COLLUVIUM in English

[col.lu.vi.um] n, pl -via or -vi.ums [NL, fr. ML, offscourings, alter. of L colluvies, fr. colluere to wash, fr. com- + lavere to wash--more at lye] (ca. 1936): rock detritus and soil accumulated at the foot of a slope -- col.lu.vi.al adj

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