serozem

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian серозём (serozjóm, literally “grey soil”).

Noun

serozem (countable and uncountable, plural serozems)

1. a grey soil containing a low percentage of humus (around 1% to 3%)
   • 1968, Elena Vsevolodovna Lobova, Viktor Abramovich Kovda, editors, Geography and Classification of Soils of Asia, Israel Program for Scientific Translations, page 44:

     With progress of soil formation, the position of the soils within the serozem belt becomes less and less significant.

Translations

black-coloured soil containing a high percentage of humus

• Belarusian: шэразём m (šerazjóm), серозём m (sjerozjom)
• Polish: szaroziem m, szaraczek (pl) m
• Russian: серозём (ru) m (serozjóm)
• Ukrainian: сірозе́м m (sirozém)