English Explanatory Dictionary

teart

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending toward scouring (diarrheal illness) in grazing livestock, being high in molybdenum content and neutral to alkaline in pH.

Pronunciation

/tɪɚt/ /tɪət/

Word forms

teart

Etymology

Dialectal form of tart, applied by British farmers to soils since before the era of chemical science and the discovery of molybdenum but retroactively defined by molybdenum concentration and pH level.

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