inceptisol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of freely-draining soil that forms quickly through alteration of parent material and has no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter.

Word forms

inceptisol inceptisols

Etymology

From Latin inceptum + -i- + -sol

Derived words

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