gleyic

English

Etymology

From gley +‎ -ic.

Adjective

gleyic (comparative more gleyic, superlative most gleyic)

1. Resembling or relating to gley soils.
   • 2015 August 13, Thomas Bourguignon et al., “Influence of Soil Properties on Soldierless Termite Distribution”, in PLoS ONE‎^[1], volume 10, →DOI:

     We also sampled rotten wood or organic matter accumulations below trees, and poor sandy soils repeatedly washed by the river during seasonal floods (dystric nitisols with gleyic properties).