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单词 arenosol
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Definition of arenosol in English:

arenosol

noun əˈriːnəsɒləˈrēnəˌsôl
Soil Science
  • A soil of a type consisting mainly of sand, with little humus or clay, found typically in deserts and arid tropical regions.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These arenosols are included in the sandy dunes.
    • A difference is also observed between the mineralogy of the arenosols of the north area from the ones developed in the south coast.
    • The dry/wet period ratio of sap flow was statistically equivalent for heath and dipterocarp forest trees, whereas it had been expected that trees on the freely draining arenosol would suffer greater water stress during drought.
    • Medium to fine grained Kalahari sands, with gleyic arenosols in inundation-prone floodplain grassland areas.
    • ‘Soils are predominantly sandy, yellowish-red in colour and slightly acidic (5

Origin

1960s: from Latin arena ‘sand’ + -sol.

Definition of arenosol in US English:

arenosol

nounəˈrēnəˌsôl
Soil Science
  • A soil type consisting mainly of sand with very little organic matter and supporting limited amounts of specialized vegetation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Medium to fine grained Kalahari sands, with gleyic arenosols in inundation-prone floodplain grassland areas.
    • The dry/wet period ratio of sap flow was statistically equivalent for heath and dipterocarp forest trees, whereas it had been expected that trees on the freely draining arenosol would suffer greater water stress during drought.
    • These arenosols are included in the sandy dunes.
    • A difference is also observed between the mineralogy of the arenosols of the north area from the ones developed in the south coast.
    • ‘Soils are predominantly sandy, yellowish-red in colour and slightly acidic (5

Origin

1960s: from Latin arena ‘sand’ + -sol.

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