soilless
English
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editsoilless (not comparable)
- Lacking home soil; dispossessed
- 1910, Emma Goldman, “Anarchism: What It Really Stands For”, in Anarchism and Other Essays, published 2005, →ISBN, page 37:
- If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soilless army of human prey.
- Not using or containing soil
- 2007 October 4, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times[1]:
- One popular recipe for a homemade version is two parts soilless mix like Pro-Mix and one part each vermiculite and perlite.
Translations
editnot using or containing soil
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