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orthent

orthent noun: a kind of shallow or "skeletal" soil, found on recent erosional surfaces or very old landforms completely devoid of weatherable minerals.

Noun

orthent (plural orthents)

  1. A kind of shallow or "skeletal" soil, found on recent erosional surfaces or very old landforms completely devoid of weatherable minerals.

Forms of orthent

pluralorthents

Origin of orthent

ortho- + Clipping of entisol

Words formed from orthent

Questions about orthent

What does orthent mean?
Orthent means a kind of shallow or "skeletal" soil, found on recent erosional surfaces or very old landforms completely devoid of weatherable minerals.
What part of speech is orthent?
Orthent is a noun.
What is the plural of orthent?
The plural of orthent is orthents.

Words near orthent in the dictionary

  1. orthants
  2. orthaxial
  3. orthel
  4. orthels
  5. orthenine
  6. orthent
  7. orthents
  8. ortheses
  9. orthesis
  10. Orthez
  11. ortheziid

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