noun
or podzol soil also pod·sol or podsol soil ˈpädˌzäl(-), -ˌsäl(-), ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷(-)
( -s )
Etymology: podzol, podsol from Russian podzol, from zola ashes; akin to Old English glōwan to glow — more at glow
: any of a group of zonal soils that develop in a moist climate under coniferous or mixed forest or under heath vegetation and have an organic mat and a thin organic-mineral layer above a gray leached layer resting on a dark illuvial horizon enriched with amorphous clay
• pod·zol·ic (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ik adjective