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paleosoil

paleosoil is the alternative form of paleosol.

Meaning of paleosol

Noun

paleosol (plural paleosols)

  1. (soil science) A layer of fossil soil buried beneath other sediments or deposits.

Forms of paleosoil

pluralpaleosoils
alternative formpalaeosoil

Origin of paleosoil

From paleo- + soil.

Questions about paleosoil

What is paleosoil the alternative form of?
Paleosoil is the alternative form of paleosol.

Words near paleosoil in the dictionary

  1. paleoshoreline
  2. paleoshorelines
  3. Paleosiberian
  4. paleoslope
  5. paleoslopes
  6. paleosoil
  7. paleosoils
  8. paleosol
  9. paleosolic
  10. paleosols
  11. paleosource

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paleosoil (page history and authors); paleosol (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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