单词 | red loam |
释义 | > as lemmasred loam red loam n. a loam that is red in colour; spec. = red earth n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > red or leached soil red eartheOE red landc1250 minium1613 Armenian bole1621 red loam1707 red soil1817 terra rossa1882 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 31 In some parts of Dorset,..the Earth being a light Red loam. 1771 J. Banks Endeavour Jrnl. 41 The soil of the island, on the more elevated parts, is dry, and consists of a red loam, which is very deep. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 203/1 These freshets, laden with the rich red loam of the plains, usually reach the lower inhabited sections of the State [of Texas] in periods of drought. 1932 H. Greene tr. P. Vageler Introd. Trop. Soils v. 163 The younger the soil, the greater the predominance of unchanged siallitic material, and the soil has then the character of a more or less plastic red loam. 1991 S. Gopal in A. G. Noorani Muslims of India (2003) vi. 240 A group of 50–60 persons had entered Babari Mosque..and painted Sita Ram, etc., on the outer and inner walls with geru (red loam). < as lemmas |
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