Definition of Podsol

1. Noun. A soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer.

Exact synonyms: Podsol Soil, Podsolic Soil, Podzol, Podzol Soil
Generic synonyms: Dirt, Soil

Definition of Podsol

1. podzol [n -S] : PODSOLIC [adj] - See also: podzol

Lexicographical Neighbors of Podsol

podosphere
podospheres
podostomata
podotheca
podothecae
podoviridae
podovirus
podoxenoclavoses
podoxenoclavosis
podreel
podreeled
podreeling
podreels
pods
podslurping
podsol (current term)
podsol soil
podsolic
podsolic soil
podsolization
podsolizations
podsols
podule
podules
podura
podurid
podurids
podzol
podzol soil
podzolic

Literary usage of Podsol

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

1. Pamphlets on Forestry in Vermont (1899)
"A podsol formation, according to Fisher (64), may change and all evidence of its existence ... A podsol formation is quite likely to occur in this region, ..."

2. Pamphlets on Forestry in Vermont (1899)
"A podsol formation, according to Fisher (64), may change and all evidence of its existence ... A podsol formation is quite likely to occur in this region, ..."

3. Geography of the Central Andes: A Handbook to Accompany the La Paz Sheet of by Alan Grant Ogilvie (1922)
"... of mosses is probably underlain by a podsol, a light-colored soil in which various mineral constituents have been leeched and redeposited deeper down. ..."

4. Geography of the Central Andes: A Handbook to Accompany the La Paz Sheet of by Alan Grant Ogilvie (1922)
"... of mosses is probably underlain by a podsol, a light-colored soil in which various mineral constituents have been leeched and redeposited deeper down. ..."

5. Map of Hispanic America Publication (1922)
"On the lower forested slopes, in parts where, for any reason, denudation is less rapid, the dense carpet of mosses is probably underlain by a podsol, ..."

6. Map of Hispanic America Publication (1922)
"On the lower forested slopes, in parts where, for any reason, denudation is less rapid, the dense carpet of mosses is probably underlain by a podsol, ..."

7. Ukraine, the Land and Its People: An Introduction to Its Geography by Stephen Rudnicki (1918)
"Only in higher places we find fertile turf; beyond that sandy soil and the podsol, rich in quartz, predominate. The prevailing plant formation in this ..."

8. Ukraine, the Land and Its People: An Introduction to Its Geography by Stephen Rudnicki (1918)
"Only in higher places we find fertile turf; beyond that sandy soil and the podsol, rich in quartz, predominate. The prevailing plant formation in this ..."

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