English Explanatory Dictionary

vertisol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A clay soil, containing a high content of montmorillonite, that forms deep cracks in drier conditions.

Word forms

vertisol vertisols

Etymology

From Latin vertere (“turn”) + -i- + sol (“soil”).

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