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pedosphere

pedosphere noun: the outermost layer or "skin" of the Earth, subject to soil formation processes.

Noun

pedosphere (plural pedospheres)

  1. The outermost layer or "skin" of the Earth, subject to soil formation processes.

Forms of pedosphere

pluralpedospheres

Origin of pedosphere

From pedo- (“soil”) + -sphere.

Questions about pedosphere

What does pedosphere mean?
Pedosphere means the outermost layer or "skin" of the Earth, subject to soil formation processes.
What part of speech is pedosphere?
Pedosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of pedosphere?
The plural of pedosphere is pedospheres.

Words near pedosphere in the dictionary

  1. pedosedimentary
  2. pedosediments
  3. pedosexual
  4. pedosexuality
  5. pedosexuals
  6. pedosphere
  7. pedospheres
  8. pedostache
  9. pedostaches
  10. pedostratigraphic
  11. pedostratigraphies

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