histosol
histosol noun: a soil comprised primarily of organic materials.
Noun
histosol (plural histosols)
- A soil comprised primarily of organic materials.
- Unlike other soil orders, Histosols are not considered primarily mineral, but organic. They are commonly called bog, moor, peat, or muck; they are last in the list of soil orders, last in areal importance, and have been given the least amount of attention in the more recent soil classification...1989, Donald Steila, Thomas E. Pond, The Geography of Soils: Formation, Distribution, and Management, 2nd edition, page 173
- Histosols comprise soils formed in organic material.2006, Food and Agricultural Organization, World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2006, page 82
- Synonyms:
- organosol
Synonyms of histosol
Forms of histosol
| plural | histosols |
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Origin of histosol
From histo- (“tissue”) + -sol (“soil”).
Questions about histosol
- What does histosol mean?
- Histosol means a soil comprised primarily of organic materials.
- What part of speech is histosol?
- Histosol is a noun.
- What is the plural of histosol?
- The plural of histosol is histosols.
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