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Laterite

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pisolitic(mineralogy) Composed of, containing, or resembling pisolite.
latosolnoun(soil science) A lateritic soil of forested temperate or tropical regions.
red earthnounA red soil found in tropical areas, containing oxidized iron.
bolenounThe trunk or stem of a tree.
plinthosolnounAn iron-rich soil type common in the wet tropics.
leptosolnounA very shallow soil over hard rock or highly calcareous or stony material.
oxisolnounA soil type, containing at all depths no more than ten percent weatherable minerals, and low cation exchange capacity. They are always red or yellowish and best known for their occurrence in tropical rainforest.
lutitenoun(geology, dated) A rock composed of clayey or silty sediment.
iron claynounA yellowish clay containing a large quantity of iron ore.
limonitenoun(mineralogy) Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hemite with clays and manganese oxide.
ferritizationnoun(geology) The formation of soil rich in iron and aluminium oxides with the loss of silica
latitenoun(geology) A type of igneous, volcanic rock
ultisolnoun(soil science) A soil that has a weathered clay horizon as a result of argilluviation.
loamnoun(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
leptosoilnounAlternative form of leptosol. [A very shallow soil over hard rock or highly calcareous or stony material.]
terra rossanoun(geology) A well-drained, reddish, clayey to silty soil with neutral pH conditions, typical of the Mediterranean region.
alisolnoun(soil science) A kind of soil with poor drainage and a dense subsurface clay layer, causing a relatively high concentration of aluminum ions in the rootzone.
plinthitenounA form of clay that is rich in iron and poor in humus
red ochrenounA claylike material containing ferric oxide, used as a pigment.
linseynounA cloth made of linen and wool.

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