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podzolizing

podzolizing is the present participle and gerund 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 podzolizing

What is podzolizing the present participle and gerund of?
Podzolizing is the present participle and gerund of podzolize.

Words near podzolizing in the dictionary

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

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