Laterite Definition

lătə-rīt
noun
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.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Laterite

Noun

Singular:
laterite
Plural:
laterites

Origin of Laterite

  • From Latin later (“brick") +"Ž -ite.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin later brick –ite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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