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argillic

argillic adjective: of or pertaining to clay or clay minerals.

Adjective

argillic (not comparable)

  1. (soil science) Of or pertaining to clay or clay minerals.
    • The argillic soil drained slowly.

Noun

argillic (plural argillics)

  1. A soil of this kind.

Forms of argillic

pluralargillics

Origin of argillic

From argill + -ic, from Latin argilla (“clay”).

Questions about argillic

What does argillic mean?
Argillic means of or pertaining to clay or clay minerals.
What part of speech is argillic?
Argillic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near argillic in the dictionary

  1. argileh
  2. argilehs
  3. argillaceous
  4. argillan
  5. argillans
  6. argillic
  7. argillics
  8. argilliferous
  9. argillipedoturbation
  10. argillite
  11. argillites

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