oxisol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A soil type, containing at all depths no more than ten percent weatherable minerals, and low cation exchange capacity. They are always red or yellowish and best known for their occurrence in tropical rainforest.

Word forms

oxisol oxisols
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