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stagnosol

stagnosol noun: a kind of soil with strong mottling of the soil profile due to redox processes caused by stagnating surface water.

Noun

stagnosol (plural stagnosols)

  1. (soil science) A kind of soil with strong mottling of the soil profile due to redox processes caused by stagnating surface water.
    Synonyms:
    pseudogley

Synonyms of stagnosol

Forms of stagnosol

pluralstagnosols

Origin of stagnosol

From stagno- + -sol.

Questions about stagnosol

What does stagnosol mean?
Stagnosol means a kind of soil with strong mottling of the soil profile due to redox processes caused by stagnating surface water.
What part of speech is stagnosol?
Stagnosol is a noun.
What is the plural of stagnosol?
The plural of stagnosol is stagnosols.

Words near stagnosol in the dictionary

  1. stagnicoline
  2. stagnicolines
  3. stagnicolous
  4. Stagnis
  5. stagnophilous
  6. stagnosol
  7. stagnosols
  8. stagnum
  9. stagodontid
  10. stagodontids
  11. stagonolepidid

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