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Dirt bed

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(Geom.) a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the coal measures.

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In the off-season of summer when the greenhouse is cleared of plants (happily growing outside) the front slatted bench top is moved to the dirt bed along with some pieces of hardware cloth to cover up all that tempting dirt.
In this setting, epithelial cells shrink to the point where islands of cells separate in a manner similar to that seen on the dirt bed of a dried-up lake.
 
 
 
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