clay or other earthy material that is light-coloured; (Painting) earth colour that is white.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > other soils (27) white earth1448 clay or other earthy material that is light-coloured; (Painting) earth colour that is white. Chiltern?1530 adj. n. Applied to a kind of soil, and to districts having this soil: see quots. light land1589 Land or soil which is soft, friable, and easily worked. Sometimes also: poor soil, or an area of land consisting of this. Cf. light, adj.1 3d. deads1653 Mining. deads n. earth or rock containing no ore (see A. 10); esp. as thrown out or heaped together in the course of working. rosil1691 English regional. A kind of soil intermediate in quality between sand and clay. Cf. rosilly, adj. rare. moorland1753 A kind of soft, dark, peaty soil found in fenland. Cf. moory, adj.1 1a. Obsolete. rare. prairie soil1817 soil of the kind characteristic of the North American prairies; (spec. in Soil Science) a soil that is marked by a deep, dark-coloured surface… residuum1828 Physical Geography. A deposit or sediment left by weathering, flooding, etc. Cf. residual, adj. 6. rendzina1905 A fertile, lime-rich soil which occurs typically under grass or open woodland on relatively soft calcareous bedrock (e.g. chalk and some limestones)… podzol1908 An acidic, generally infertile soil which is characterized by a well-marked white or grey subsurface layer resembling ash, from which minerals have… solonetz1924 A type of alkaline soil that is rich in carbonates, consists characteristically of a hard, dark, columnar subsoil overlain by a thin, friable surface… solod1925 A type of soil derived from a solonetz by leaching of saline or alkaline constituents, having a pale, leached subsurface horizon, and occurring… solonchak1925 A type of salty, alkaline soil that has little or no structure, is characteristically pale in colour, and occurs typically under salt-tolerant… pedalfer1928 A soil in which there is no layer of accumulated calcium carbonate, but in which oxides of iron and aluminium have tended to accumulate (usually… pedocal1928 A soil that contains a layer of accumulated calcium carbonate (generally characteristic of dry climates). Cf. pedalfer, n. skeletal soil1932 = lithosol n. at litho-, comb._form affix. peloid1933 Any semi-solid substance used in pelotherapy. sierozem1934 A type of soil, usually calcareous and poor in organic material, that is characterized by a brownish-grey surface horizon grading into harder… planosol1938 An intrazonal soil having a thin, strongly leached surface horizon overlying a compacted hardpan or claypan, and occurring on flat uplands with… lithosol1939 any azonal soil consisting largely of imperfectly weathered rock fragments. regosol1949 One of a group of azonal soils having no distinct horizons (horizon, n. 5b), formed from and overlying deep, unconsolidated deposits such as sand or… andosol1958 A mineral-rich soil derived largely from material ejected from volcanoes and typically having a dark surface layer. Cf. Andisol, n. Alfisol1960 A soil of an order comprising leached basic or slightly acid soils with a clay-enriched B horizon, found chiefly in humid temperate and… Aridisol1960 A soil of an order comprising usually saline and alkaline soils containing very little organic matter, characteristic of arid regions. Histosol1960 A soil of an order comprising soils with an upper layer (or, in some cases, a single layer) consisting to a large extent of organic matter such as… Spodosol1960 Any soil belonging to an order characterized by the presence of a spodic horizon and including most podzols and podzolic soils. Andisol1978 A soil of an order comprising soils derived from matter ejected from volcanoes; (later) spec. one containing an andic horizon. Cf. andosol, n. |
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