marllike

English

Etymology

marl +‎ -like

Adjective

marllike (comparative more marllike, superlative most marllike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of marl.
   • 1954, Soil survey of Wise County, Virginia, page 28:

     In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike.