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lateritic
Variant of laterite
noun
Geol. a red, residual soil containing large amounts of aluminum and ferric hydroxides, formed by the decomposition of many kinds of rocks, and found esp. in well-drained tropical rain forests
Related Forms:
- lateritic adjective
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