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leptosol

leptosol noun: a very shallow soil over hard rock or highly calcareous or stony material.

Noun

leptosol (plural leptosols)

  1. A very shallow soil over hard rock or highly calcareous or stony material.
    • Leptosols are unattractive soils for rainfed agriculture because of their inability to hold water.

Forms of leptosol

pluralleptosols

Origin of leptosol

From lepto- + -sol.

Questions about leptosol

What does leptosol mean?
Leptosol means a very shallow soil over hard rock or highly calcareous or stony material.
What part of speech is leptosol?
Leptosol is a noun.
What is the plural of leptosol?
The plural of leptosol is leptosols.

Words near leptosol in the dictionary

  1. leptoscopids
  2. leptose
  3. leptosin
  4. leptosoil
  5. leptosoils
  6. leptosol
  7. leptosols
  8. leptosomatic
  9. leptosomatics
  10. leptosomatid
  11. leptosomatids

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