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illuvium

illuvium noun: material displaced across a soil profile, from one layer to another, by the action of rainwater.

Noun

illuvium (plural illuviums or illuvia)

  1. material displaced across a soil profile, from one layer to another, by the action of rainwater

Forms of illuvium

pluralilluviums
pluralilluvia

Questions about illuvium

What does illuvium mean?
Illuvium means material displaced across a soil profile, from one layer to another, by the action of rainwater.
What part of speech is illuvium?
Illuvium is a noun.
What is the plural of illuvium?
The plural of illuvium is illuviums.

Words near illuvium in the dictionary

  1. illuviated
  2. illuviates
  3. illuviating
  4. illuviation
  5. illuviations
  6. illuvium
  7. illuviums
  8. illwisher
  9. illwishers
  10. illy
  11. Illyria

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