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andisol

andisol noun: a kind of soil formed in volcanic ash and containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials, including allophane, imogolite, and ferrihydrite.

Noun

andisol (plural andisols)

  1. A kind of soil formed in volcanic ash and containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials, including allophane, imogolite, and ferrihydrite.

Forms of andisol

pluralandisols
alternative formandosol

Origin of andisol

From Japanese 暗 (an, “dark”) + 土 (do, “soil”) and Latin solum (“soil”).

Questions about andisol

What does andisol mean?
Andisol means a kind of soil formed in volcanic ash and containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials, including allophane, imogolite, and ferrihydrite.
What part of speech is andisol?
Andisol is a noun.
What is the plural of andisol?
The plural of andisol is andisols.

Words near andisol in the dictionary

  1. andiron
  2. andirons
  3. andirova
  4. Andis
  5. Andises
  6. andisol
  7. andisols
  8. anditomin
  9. Andizhan
  10. Ando
  11. Andoa

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