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adrets

adrets is the plural of adret.

Meaning of adret

Noun

adret (plural adrets)

  1. The sun-facing side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, this is typically the south-facing slope.
    • The distribution of barley is generally on the adret slope, the ubac seeming to be disregarded. A sunny slope is the most important natural factor in the cultivation of barley and wheat. Very rarely they are cultivated in ubac fields, but close investigation showed them to be of secondary adret...1942, Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography: Transactions, Titles and Abstracts, Tokyo: Nihon Gakujutsu Kaigi [Science Council of Japan], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34
    Antonyms:
    ubac

Questions about adrets

What is adrets the plural of?
Adrets is the plural of adret.

Words near adrets in the dictionary

  1. adrenotrophic
  2. adrenotropic
  3. adrenotropin
  4. adress
  5. adret
  6. adrets
  7. adrew
  8. Adria
  9. adriablastin
  10. Adrialuna
  11. adriamycin

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