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oxisol

oxisol noun: a soil type, containing at all depths no more than ten percent weatherable minerals, and low cation exchange capacity. They are always red or yellowish and best known for their occurrence in tropical rainforest.

Noun

oxisol (plural oxisols)

  1. A soil type, containing at all depths no more than ten percent weatherable minerals, and low cation exchange capacity. They are always red or yellowish and best known for their occurrence in tropical rainforest.

Forms of oxisol

pluraloxisols

Questions about oxisol

What does oxisol mean?
Oxisol means a soil type, containing at all depths no more than ten percent weatherable minerals, and low cation exchange capacity. They are always red or yellowish and best known for their occurrence in tropical rainforest.
What part of speech is oxisol?
Oxisol is a noun.
What is the plural of oxisol?
The plural of oxisol is oxisols.

Words near oxisol in the dictionary

  1. oxirenes
  2. oxirose
  3. oxiroses
  4. oxish
  5. oxishly
  6. oxisol
  7. oxisols
  8. oxitriptan
  9. oxitriptyline
  10. oxkind
  11. Oxlade

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