inceptisol

English

Etymology

From Latin inceptum (“beginning”, compare inception) + -i- +‎ -sol (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

inceptisol (plural inceptisols)

1. (soil science) A kind of freely-draining soil that forms quickly through alteration of parent material and has no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter.

Hyponyms

• aquept
• cryept
• gelept
• ochrept
• udept
• ustept
• xerept

 

Translations

soil type

• Catalan: inceptisòl (ca) m
• Finnish: heikkomaannos

Anagrams

• epsilontic