yermic

English

Etymology

From Spanish yermo (“desert wasteland”) +‎ -ic.

Adjective

yermic (not comparable)

1. (soil science) Characteristic of a desert.
   • 2010, Georges Stoops, Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths:

     The components of the desert pavement that is often found on top of the yermic horizon are too large for standard thin section studies and thus they are not discussed in this chapter.