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podzolizes

podzolizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of podzolize.

Meaning of podzolize

Verb

podzolize (third-person singular simple present podzolizes, present participle podzolizing, simple past and past participle podzolized)

  1. (transitive) To transform into podzol.
    • Spruce strongly podzolizes the top horizons of carbonate soils.1970, American Chemical Society, Chemical abstracts: Volume 72
  2. (intransitive) To become podzol.
    • The compensating factor, of course, is the unusually sandy, quartzose parent material which podzolizes with great ease.1998, Richard T. T. Forman, Pine Barrens: ecosystem and landscape, page 66

Questions about podzolizes

What is podzolizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Podzolizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of podzolize.

Words near podzolizes in the dictionary

  1. podzolisations
  2. podzolization
  3. podzolizations
  4. podzolize
  5. podzolized
  6. podzolizes
  7. podzolizing
  8. podzols
  9. podzoluvisol
  10. podzoluvisols
  11. poe

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