andisol
The English word “andisol” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A kind of soil formed in volcanic ash and containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials, including allophane, imogolite, and ferrihydrite.
Etymology
From Japanese 暗 (an, “dark”) + 土 (do, “soil”) and Latin solum (“soil”).
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