podzol
/ˈpɒdzɒl/(亦作podsol /-sɒl/)
noun
- Soil Science an infertile acidic soil having an ash-like subsurface layer (from which minerals have been leached) and a lower dark stratum, occurring typically under temperate coniferous woodland【土壤学】灰壤, 灰化土。
派生词
podzolic
adjectivepodzolization
nounpodzolize
(亦作-ise)verb词源
early 20th cent.: from Russian, from pod 'under' + zola 'ashes'.