sapricadj.
/ˈsaprɪk/ Soil Sci.
Of a soil or soil horizon: characterized by the presence of highly decomposed organic material.
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1965 Farnham & Finney in Adv. Agronomy XVII. 138 In the classification of organic soils presented here, only three types of horizons are considered diagnostic... These are the fibric, mesic, and sapric horizons, listed in order of increasing decomposition.
1972 J. G. Cruickshank Soil Geogr. vi. 187 At the other extreme, sapric..soils or horizons are well decomposed and contain a high proportion by weight of mineral material.
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