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native soils

native soils is the plural of native soil.

Meaning of native soil

Noun

native soil (plural native soils)

  1. (idiomatic) The country or geographical region where one was born or which one considers to be one's true homeland.
    • [T]hey were peculiarly honored by the unexpected presence in their midst "of that famous son of the South, Colonel Starbottle," who had lately returned to his native soil from his adopted home in California.1892, Bret Harte, “Colonel Starbottle's Client”, in Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories
  2. (idiomatic, usually, plants, things, ideas) Source, place of origin, principal location, or natural habitat.
    • [B]ut who else from seeing a plant in an herbarium can imagine its appearance when growing in its native soil?1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, chapter XX, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume...
    Synonyms:
    native ground

Questions about native soils

What is native soils the plural of?
Native soils is the plural of native soil.

Words near native soils in the dictionary

  1. native resolution
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  3. native signer
  4. native signers
  5. native soil
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  7. native son
  8. native sons
  9. native speaker
  10. native speakers
  11. native species

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