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Oxisol

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ultisolnoun(soil science) A soil that has a weathered clay horizon as a result of argilluviation.
ochrosolnoun(soil science) A deeply-weathered latosol
chromosolnoun(soil science) A type of alfisol that has a strong texture contrast between horizons.
ustoxnounAn oxisol in a semiarid or subhumid climate.
umbrisolnounA kind of soil with a dark topsoil and having organic matter accumulated within the mineral surface soil.
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.
entisolnoun(soil science) A young soil that is high in mineral content, and has no horizons.
lixisolnounA kind of soil with a subsurface accumulation of low-activity clays and high base saturation.
aquoxnoun(soil science) An oxisol with a water table at or near the surface for much of the year.
ochreptnoun(soil science) A particular type of inceptisol
vertisolnoun(soil science) A clay soil, containing a high content of montmorillonite, that forms deep cracks in drier conditions.
red earthnounA red soil found in tropical areas, containing oxidized iron.
torroxnounAn oxisol in an arid climate.
regosolnoun(FAO soil classification) A weakly developed mineral soil in unconsolidated materials, found extensively in eroding lands, in particular in arid and semiarid areas and in mountain regions.
argosolnoun(soil science) Synonym of alfisol.
aridisolnoun(soil science, US soil taxonomy) A soil of the kind that dominates deserts and xeric shrublands, having a very low concentration of organic matter and little water.
oxalitenoun(mineralogy) A yellow mineral, one of the oxalates of iron.
solothnoun(soil science) A soil type hypothesized to be a transformation of solodic soil, where the sodium is replaced by hydrogen, resulting in friable topsoil and dark, hard, alkaline subsoil.
tenosolnoun(soil science, Australia) inceptisol, aridisol or entisol
kurosolnoun(Australia, soil science) An ultisol or alfisol.

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