chernozemic
chernozemic adjective: being or containing chernozem.
Adjective (1)
chernozemic (comparative more chernozemic, superlative most chernozemic)
- Being or containing chernozem.
- chernozemic soils
- The term "chernozemic" is a new word suggested by Dr. Nikiforoff. There seems to be a need for a term which will have the same relation to chernozem as podzolic has to podzol.1932, Bulletin, volumes 13-16, American Soil Survey Association, page 53
Adjective (2) capitalized: Chernozemic
Chernozemic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to an order of soils with chernozemic characteristics.
- Soils of the Chernozemic region have been formed under the influence of 10 to 25 inches of annual rainfall.1944, Proceedings, Soil Science Society of America, page 42
- A sequential phosphorus (P) fractionation procedure was used to measure the changes in the labile and stable forms of inorganic and organic P following single broadcast P applications to Canadian Chernozemic soils under cereal cropping.1986, BI Wagar, “Changes with time in the form and availability of residual fertilizer phosphorus on Chernozemic soils”, in Canadian Journal of Soil Science, volume 66, number 1, abstract, page 105
Examples of chernozemic in a sentence
- They have a dark upper A horizon that usually contains approximately the same amount of organic matter as the geographically associated chernozemic soils.1971 December, SU Khan, “Distribution and characteristics of organic matter extracted from the black solonetzic and black chernozemic soils...
- All these soils have chernozemic soil properties (dark colour, A–C profile, high base saturation, bioturbation).1999 July, M. W. I. Schmidt, “Charred organic carbon in German chernozemic soils”, in European Journal of Soil Science, abstract:
Forms of chernozemic
| comparative | more chernozemic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most chernozemic |
Origin of chernozemic
From chernozem + -ic.
Words that rhyme with chernozemic
- academic
- epidemic
- chemic
- demic
- endemic
- polemic
- infodemic
- pandemic
- philodemic
- philopolemic
- plandemic
- postpandemic
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- systemic
- alchemic
- allelochemic
- anthemic
- anti-epidemic
- antiacademic
- antiepidemic
- chemick
- chronosystemic
- diasystemic
- ecoepidemic
- electrochemic
- endemoepidemic
- eudemic
- geochemic
- haremic
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- hyperendemic
- hyperepidemic
- hypoendemic
- interacademic
- interepidemic
- interpandemic
- intraepidemic
- intrapandemic
- mesoendemic
- microendemic
- microepidemic
- monosystemic
- multisystemic
- myxedemic
- near-endemic
- non-academic
- nonacademic
- nonendemic
- nonepidemic
- nonpandemic
- nonsystemic
- palaeoendemic
- paleoendemic
- panepidemic
- photochemic
- pingdemic
- polemick
- polydemic
- polysystemic
- portasystemic
- portosystemic
Questions about chernozemic
- What does chernozemic mean?
- Chernozemic means being or containing chernozem.
- How do you use chernozemic in a sentence?
- They have a dark upper A horizon that usually contains approximately the same amount of organic matter as the geographically associated chernozemic soils.
- What part of speech is chernozemic?
- Chernozemic is an adjective.
Words near chernozemic in the dictionary
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