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Soil

/sɔɪl/

A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.

📖 Definitions of "Soil"

noun

1
A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
2
The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
3
The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
4
Country or territory.
"Kenyan soil"

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