holard

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + ἄρδω (árdō, “to water, to irrigate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒˌlɑː(ɹ)d/

Noun

holard (plural holards)

1. (dated) The total water content of a sample of soil
   • 1916, Frederic Clements, Plant Succession: An Analysis of the Development of Vegetation, page 439:

     Methods of determining the holard are so numerous and so simple as to need little comment.

   • 1929, Harvey Stallard, Secondary Succession in the Climax Forest Formations of Northern Minnesota, page 506:

     The holard of clays ranges from 20 to 60 per cent during the growing season.

Related terms

• chresard
• echard

Anagrams

• Harold, hordal