Definition of Loamy

1. Adjective. Consisting of or having the character of loam. "Richy loamy soil"

Derivative terms: Loam
Antonyms: Loamless

Definition of Loamy

1. a. Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.

Definition of Loamy

1. Adjective. Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. ¹

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Definition of Loamy

1. resembling loam [adj LOAMIER, LOAMIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loamy

loafered
loafers
loafing
loafings
loaflike
loafs
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loamier
loamiest
loaminess
loaminesses
loaming
loamless
loams
loamy (current term)
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Literary usage of Loamy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. European Agriculture and Rural Economy by Henry Colman (1851)
"Next to peaty soils, I have to speak of what are called loamy soils. These are not very well defined. There has been much debate as to what constitutes loam ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The southern portion is generally sandy and loamy. Fauna and Flora.—In Mississippi we meet with all the different animals that are found in the gulf states. ..."

3. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"loamy SOILS. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. In considering physical influences injurious to vegetation, we need not distinguish between loam and clay soils. ..."

4. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of by Joseph Paxton (1868)
"Handsome plants, succeeding well in loamy soil, and increased froin ripe cuttings ... This handsome and free-flowering genus delights in rich loamy soil, ..."

5. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1891)
"Surcharged Retaining Wall (loamy Earth). Example 50. ... The earth is supposed to be of a loamy nature ; the face of the wall is to be vertical, ..."

6. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"Structure of the root.—Purposes served by water. — relations to the soil.—Plants affect peaty, sandy, loamy, or clayey toils. ..."

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