Definition of Rendzina

1. Noun. A dark soil that sometimes develops under grass on limestone and chalk. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rendzina

1. a type of soil [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rendzina

rendingly
rendition
renditioned
renditioning
renditions
rendre
rendred
rendres
rendrest
rendreth
rendring
rendrock
rendryng
rendrynge
rends
rendzina (current term)
rendzinas
renegade
renegade state
renegaded
renegades
renegading
renegado
renegadoes
renegados
renegate
renegates
renegation
renegations
renege

Literary usage of Rendzina

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

1. Agricultural Expansion and Pioneer Settlements in the Humid Tropics by Walther Manshard, William B. Morgan (1988)
"... on good limestone-rendzina soils) and 18000 settler families. Each family received 4 ha of land for intensive dry-field cultivation, chiefly in the form ..."

2. International Review of the Science and Practice of Agriculture by International Institute of Agriculture, Plant Diseases (1913)
"rendzina, Soil Type, 478. Rennet, Pure Cultures or Acid Mixture as Additions to, 1339. Repression of Food Adulteration, 720. Resistance to Drought, 1408. ..."

3. The People by J. L. Angel (1971)
"... where these soils are very stony and thin (rendzina) and where dry evergreen scrub has replaced entirely the original open woods of small pines and live ..."

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