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saprolite

saprolite noun: a chemically weathered rock.

Noun

saprolite (countable and uncountable, plural saprolites)

  1. a chemically weathered rock
    • Saprolites form in the lower zones of soil profiles and represent deep weathering of the bedrock surface.

Forms of saprolite

pluralsaprolites

Origin of saprolite

From sapro- + -lite.

Questions about saprolite

What does saprolite mean?
Saprolite means a chemically weathered rock.
What part of speech is saprolite?
Saprolite is a noun.
What is the plural of saprolite?
The plural of saprolite is saprolites.

Words near saprolite in the dictionary

  1. saprolegniasis
  2. saprolegniosis
  3. saprolegnious
  4. saprolegnoid
  5. saprolignicolous
  6. saprolite
  7. saprolites
  8. saprolitic
  9. sapromycetophagous
  10. sapromycetophagy
  11. sapromycophagous

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