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Saprolite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    a chemically weathered rock countable, uncountable

    "Saprolites form in the lower zones of soil profiles and represent deep weathering of the bedrock surface."

  2. 2
    a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place wordnet

Etymology

From sapro- + -lite.

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