Gleyic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or relating to gley soils.

    "We also sampled rotten wood or organic matter accumulations below trees, and poor sandy soils repeatedly washed by the river during seasonal floods (dystric nitisols with gleyic properties)."

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"We also sampled rotten wood or organic matter accumulations below trees, and poor sandy soils repeatedly washed by the river during seasonal floods (dystric nitisols with gleyic properties)."

Etymology

From gley + -ic.

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