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mollisol

mollisol noun: a type of soil that forms in semiarid to semihumid areas, typically under a grassland cover, with deep, high organic matter and a nutrient-enriched surface soil (or horizon).

Noun

mollisol (plural mollisols)

  1. (US soil taxonomy, soil science) A type of soil that forms in semiarid to semihumid areas, typically under a grassland cover, with deep, high organic matter and a nutrient-enriched surface soil (or horizon).

Forms of mollisol

pluralmollisols

Origin of mollisol

From Latin mollis (“soft”) and solum (“soil”).

Questions about mollisol

What does mollisol mean?
Mollisol means a type of soil that forms in semiarid to semihumid areas, typically under a grassland cover, with deep, high organic matter and a nutrient-enriched surface soil (or horizon).
What part of speech is mollisol?
Mollisol is a noun.
What is the plural of mollisol?
The plural of mollisol is mollisols.

Words near mollisol in the dictionary

  1. mollipilose
  2. mollisacacidin
  3. mollisacacidins
  4. mollisher
  5. mollishers
  6. mollisol
  7. mollisols
  8. mollities ossium
  9. mollitious
  10. mollitude
  11. molliturbel

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