Overlime

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To treat (soil) with too much lime. transitive

    "Don't overlime acid soil, because availability of some nutrients may be decreased when the soil pH is too high."

Example

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"Don't overlime acid soil, because availability of some nutrients may be decreased when the soil pH is too high."

Etymology

From over- + lime.

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