PODZOL


Meaning of PODZOL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also pod·sol ˈpäd-ˌzȯl

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-ˈzä-lik, -ˈzȯ- adjective

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