podzolize

English

Etymology

podzol +‎ -ize

Verb

podzolize (third-person singular simple present podzolizes, present participle podzolizing, simple past and past participle podzolized)

1. (transitive) To transform into podzol.
   • 1970, American Chemical Society, Chemical abstracts: Volume 72:

     Spruce strongly podzolizes the top horizons of carbonate soils.

2. (intransitive) To become podzol.
   • 1998, Richard T. T. Forman, Pine Barrens: ecosystem and landscape, page 66:

     The compensating factor, of course, is the unusually sandy, quartzose parent material which podzolizes with great ease.

Translations

to transform something into podzol

• Polish: bielicować impf