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illuviates

illuviates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of illuviate.

Meaning of illuviate

Verb

illuviate (third-person singular simple present illuviates, present participle illuviating, simple past and past participle illuviated)

  1. To leach from an overlying stratum and accumulate in suspension.
    • This is due to the reason that these materials are rich in organic matter which tend to illuviate from the surface to the subsurface in the longrun and have tend to increase the clay per cent in the subsurface soil layers (Prashanthi, 1997).1998, Agricultural Reviews - Volumes 19-22, page 22

Questions about illuviates

What is illuviates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Illuviates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of illuviate.

Words near illuviates in the dictionary

  1. illutible
  2. illuvia
  3. illuvial
  4. illuviate
  5. illuviated
  6. illuviates
  7. illuviating
  8. illuviation
  9. illuviations
  10. illuvium
  11. illuviums

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