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subplastic

subplastic adjective: having a consistency that suggests less clay than it actually contains.

Adjective

subplastic (not comparable)

  1. (soil science) Having a consistency that suggests less clay than it actually contains

Origin of subplastic

From sub- + plastic.

Questions about subplastic

What does subplastic mean?
Subplastic means having a consistency that suggests less clay than it actually contains.
What part of speech is subplastic?
Subplastic is an adjective.

Words near subplastic in the dictionary

  1. subplantigrades
  2. subplanulate
  3. subplasma
  4. subplasmalemal
  5. subplasmalemmal
  6. subplastic
  7. subplastidial
  8. subplastymal
  9. subplate
  10. subplates
  11. subplatform

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