serozem

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian серозём (serozjóm, literally “grey soil”).

Pronunciation

Noun

serozem (countable and uncountable, plural serozems)

  1. a grey soil containing a low percentage of humus (around 1% to 3%)
    • 1968, Elena Vsevolodovna Lobova, Viktor Abramovich Kovda, editors, Geography and Classification of Soils of Asia, Israel Program for Scientific Translations, page 44:
      With progress of soil formation, the position of the soils within the serozem belt becomes less and less significant.

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