podzol

English

Etymology

Russian, под (pod) "under" and зола́ (zolá) "ash".

Noun

podzol (plural podzols)

1. The typical soil of coniferous or boreal forests.
   • 2004, Richard John Huggett, Fundamentals of Biogeography, page 319:

     During the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths.

Related terms

• podzolize
• podzolization

Translations

soil type

• Finnish: podsoli (fi)
• Polish: bielica f
• Russian: подзо́л (ru) m (podzól)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

podzol m (plural podzols)

1. podzol

Further reading

• “podzol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.