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wassist

wassist noun: a subaqueous soil type that is saturated with water and has a dominantly organic composition, typically found underwater in environments like freshwater tidal zones.

Noun

wassist (plural wassists)

  1. (soil science) A subaqueous soil type that is saturated with water and has a dominantly organic composition, typically found underwater in environments like freshwater tidal zones.

Forms of wassist

pluralwassists

Origin of wassist

Clipping of German Wasser + histosol.

Words formed from wassist

Questions about wassist

What does wassist mean?
Wassist means a subaqueous soil type that is saturated with water and has a dominantly organic composition, typically found underwater in environments like freshwater tidal zones.
What part of speech is wassist?
Wassist is a noun.
What is the plural of wassist?
The plural of wassist is wassists.

Words near wassist in the dictionary

  1. Wassers
  2. Wasserstein
  3. Wassersteins
  4. Wasses
  5. wassis
  6. wassist
  7. wassists
  8. Wassmer
  9. Wassmers
  10. wassock
  11. wassocks

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