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podzol en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian подзо́л (podzól), consisting of под (pod) "under" and зола́ (zolá) "ash".

Meanings

The typical soil of coniferous or boreal forests.
- During the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths. 2004, Richard John Huggett, Fundamentals of Biogeography, page 319:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
podzols	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

podzolic · podzolisation

Relateds

podzolize · podzolization

Translations (4)

pl bielica (soil type) · fi podsoli (soil type) · ru подзо́л (soil type) · de Podsol (soil type)