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Definition of vertisol in English: vertisolnounˈvəːtɪsɒlˈvərtəˌsäl Soil Science A clayey soil with little organic matter which occurs in regions having distinct wet and dry seasons. Example sentencesExamples - The soil at the experimental site was a Lawes brown black clay loam, which is a moderately fertile deep alluvial, weakly cracking vertisol that was well drained.
- The soil around here is of a type called grey cracking clay vertisols, it's also called self-mulching black soil.
Origin 1960s: from vertical + Latin solum 'soil'. Definition of vertisol in US English: vertisolnounˈvərtəˌsäl Soil Science A clayey soil with little organic matter which occurs in regions having distinct wet and dry seasons. Example sentencesExamples - The soil around here is of a type called grey cracking clay vertisols, it's also called self-mulching black soil.
- The soil at the experimental site was a Lawes brown black clay loam, which is a moderately fertile deep alluvial, weakly cracking vertisol that was well drained.
Origin 1960s: from vertical + Latin solum ‘soil’. |