slickspot
slickspot noun: an area where there is little to no vegetation, usually due to high concentration of salts in the soil.
Noun
slickspot (plural slickspots)
- An area where there is little to no vegetation, usually due to high concentration of salts in the soil.
- Slickspots present very important problems in crop production, range management, and uses of soils for engineering purposes.1975, Dissertation Abstracts International
- To investigate slickspot formation in the Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA, 16 pairs of pedons, one of each in a slickspot and the other under nearby vegetation (Figure 5.16(a)), were sampled (Reid et al 1993).2002, Richard J. Huggett, Jo Cheesman, Topography and the Environment, page 143
Forms of slickspot
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Questions about slickspot
- What does slickspot mean?
- Slickspot means an area where there is little to no vegetation, usually due to high concentration of salts in the soil.
- What part of speech is slickspot?
- Slickspot is a noun.
- What is the plural of slickspot?
- The plural of slickspot is slickspots.
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