inceptisol
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin inceptum (“beginning”, compare inception) + -i- + -sol (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]inceptisol (plural inceptisols)
- (soil science) A kind of freely-draining soil that forms quickly through alteration of parent material and has no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter.
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[edit]soil type
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