Marly

Marl  (märl)

A city of west-central Germany in the Ruhr Valley north of Essen. First mentioned in the ninth century, it is now highly industrialized. Population: 90,100.

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marl  (märl)

n.

A crumbly mixture of clays, calcium and magnesium carbonates, and remnants of shells that is sometimes found under desert sands and used as fertilizer for lime-deficient soils.

tr.v. marled, marl·ing, marls

To fertilize with such a mixture.

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[Middle English marle, from Old French, from Medieval Latin margila, marla, diminutive of Latin marga, marl, of Celtic origin.]

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marly adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

marly - of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl