English Explanatory Dictionary

terra preta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A very dark, man-made, nutritionally dense soil found in the Amazon basin.

Word forms

terra preta

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese terra preta, from terra (“soil”) + preta (“black”).

Synonyms

Amazonian dark earth ADE Indian black earth

Related words

black earth chernozem dark earth

Derived words

synthetic terra preta STP
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