单词 | spodosol |
释义 | spodosol in British English (ˈspɒdəˌsɒl) noun a type of ashy soil spodosol in American English (ˈspɑdəˌsɔl, -ˌsɑl) noun an acidic forest soil of low fertility, common to the cool, humid areas of North America and Eurasia Word origin [1955–60; ‹ Gk spodó(s) wood ash + -sol]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backgrounder, cassette, geodesic dome, opioid, rollout-sol is a combining form meaning “soil” of the kind specified by the initial element.Other words that use the affix -sol include: alfisol, inceptisol, lithosol, mollisol, oxisol |
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