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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
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 ..."