humus loam

humus loam
腐殖壤土

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  • loam — ► NOUN 1) a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus. 2) a paste of clay and water with sand and chopped straw, used in making bricks and plastering walls. DERIVATIVES loaminess noun loamy adjective. ORIGIN Old English, «clay»: related to… …   English terms dictionary

  • Loam — Un champ de loam. Le loam est une classe texturale composée de moins de 52 % de sable, 28 à 50 % de limon et de 7 à 27 % d argile [1]. Selon les proportions, on parlera de loam sablonneux, limoneux ou argileux. Le loam est idéal… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • loam — noun 1》 a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus. 2》 a paste of clay and water with sand and chopped straw, used in making bricks and plastering walls. Derivatives loaminess noun loamy adjective Origin OE lām clay , of W. Gmc origin:… …   English new terms dictionary

  • humus — n soil, earth, dirt, ground, sod, clod, Archaic. glebe; loam, clay, marl, mold, dust, gumbo, till, adobe …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • garden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. herbary, nursery, pleasance; flower beds. See agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vegetable patch, plot, bed, border, cultivated area, enclosure, field, truck garden, herb garden, rock garden, rose… …   English dictionary for students

  • loaminess — loam ► NOUN 1) a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus. 2) a paste of clay and water with sand and chopped straw, used in making bricks and plastering walls. DERIVATIVES loaminess noun loamy adjective. ORIGIN Old English, «clay»: related …   English terms dictionary

  • loamy — loam ► NOUN 1) a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus. 2) a paste of clay and water with sand and chopped straw, used in making bricks and plastering walls. DERIVATIVES loaminess noun loamy adjective. ORIGIN Old English, «clay»: related …   English terms dictionary

  • Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …   Wikipedia

  • soil — soil1 soilless, adj. /soyl/, n. 1. the portion of the earth s surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. 2. a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. 3. the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil. 4. a… …   Universalium

  • lei-3 —     lei 3     English meaning: slimy; to glide     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schleimig, durch Nässe glitschiger Boden, ausgleiten, worũber hinschleifen or streichen, also glättend worũber fahren; andrerseits schleimig = klebrig”     Note: various… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

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