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planosol

planosol noun: a soil with a light-coloured, coarse-textured surface horizon that shows signs of periodic water stagnation and abruptly overlies a dense, slowly permeable subsoil with significantly more clay than the surface horizon.

Noun

planosol (plural planosols)

  1. A soil with a light-coloured, coarse-textured surface horizon that shows signs of periodic water stagnation and abruptly overlies a dense, slowly permeable subsoil with significantly more clay than the surface horizon.

Forms of planosol

pluralplanosols

Origin of planosol

From plane + -o- + sol.

Words formed from planosol

Questions about planosol

What does planosol mean?
Planosol means a soil with a light-coloured, coarse-textured surface horizon that shows signs of periodic water stagnation and abruptly overlies a dense, slowly permeable subsoil with significantly more clay than the surface horizon.
What part of speech is planosol?
Planosol is a noun.
What is the plural of planosol?
The plural of planosol is planosols.

Words near planosol in the dictionary

  1. planorbid
  2. planorbids
  3. planorbis
  4. planorbises
  5. planorboid
  6. planosol
  7. planosolic
  8. planosols
  9. planospiral
  10. planospirally
  11. planospore

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