mollisol

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Noun

mollisol (plural mollisols)

  1. (US soil taxonomy, soil science) A type of soil that forms in semiarid to semihumid areas, typically under a grassland cover, with deep, high organic matter and a nutrient-enriched surface soil (or horizon).

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