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Word: Podzol
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from Russian, from pod ‘under’ + zola ‘ashes’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɒdzɒl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an infertile acidic soil characterized by a white or grey subsurface layer resembling ash, from which minerals have been leached into a lower dark-coloured stratum. It typically occurs under temperate coniferous woodland.
Short Definition:infertile acidic soil
Variant Forms:
- podsol
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