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podzol
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun podzol has 1 sense
- podzol(n = noun.substance) podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol soil - a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer; Array is a kind of dirt, soil
OXFORD DICTIONARY
podzol, n. (also podsol) a soil with minerals leached from its surface layers into a lower stratum.
Derivative
podzolize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).
Etymology
Russ. f. pod under, zola ashes
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