inceptisol

English

Etymology

Latin inceptum (“beginning”, compare inception) + -i- +‎ -sol (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

inceptisol (plural inceptisols)

(soil science) A kind of freely-draining soil that forms quickly through alteration of parent material and has no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter.

Hyponyms

Translations

soil type

Catalan: inceptisòl (ca) m
Finnish: heikkomaannos

Anagrams

epsilontic

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