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illuvium definition

il·lu·vium (i lo̵̅o̅′vē əm)

noun pl. illuviums -·vi·ums or illuvia -·via (-ə)

soil materials which have been leached from an upper layer of soil and deposited in a lower layer

Etymology: ModL < il- + (al)luvium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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