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serozem

serozem noun: a grey soil containing a low percentage of humus (around 1% to 3%).

Noun

serozem (countable and uncountable, plural serozems)

  1. a grey soil containing a low percentage of humus (around 1% to 3%)
    • With progress of soil formation, the position of the soils within the serozem belt becomes less and less significant.1968, Elena Vsevolodovna Lobova, Viktor Abramovich Kovda, editors, Geography and Classification of Soils of Asia, Israel Program for Scientific Translations, page 44

Forms of serozem

pluralserozems

Origin of serozem

Borrowed from Russian серозём (serozjóm, literally “grey soil”).

Questions about serozem

What does serozem mean?
Serozem means a grey soil containing a low percentage of humus (around 1% to 3%).
What part of speech is serozem?
Serozem is a noun.
What is the plural of serozem?
The plural of serozem is serozems.

Words near serozem in the dictionary

  1. serovirological
  2. serovirology
  3. serow
  4. Serowe
  5. serows
  6. serozem
  7. SERP
  8. Serpas
  9. Serpases
  10. serpaw
  11. serpaws

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