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alfisol
(alfi|sol)
Pronunciation:
/ˈalfɪsɒl/
noun
Soil Science
a soil of an order comprising leached basic or slightly acid soils with a clay-enriched B horizon.
Origin:
1960s
: from the arbitrary element
Alfi-
+
-sol
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