noun
pl. -·lums or -·la the altered soil or material overlying the parent material, often including the A-horizon and the B-horizon
Origin of solum
Modern Latin from L, base, soilsolum
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solum
noun
pl. so·la, or so·lumsThe upper layers of a soil profile in which topsoil formation occurs.
Origin of solum
Latin base, groundTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Plural sola
The upper layers of a soil profile in which soil formation occurs. The A and B horizons in an ABC soil are part of the solum.
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