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saprolites

saprolites is the plural of saprolite.

Meaning of saprolite

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.

Questions about saprolites

What is saprolites the plural of?
Saprolites is the plural of saprolite.

Words near saprolites in the dictionary

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

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