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chernozem

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cher·no·zem  (chrn-zm, chîrn-zyôm)
n.
A very black topsoil, rich in humus, typical of cool to temperate semiarid regions, such as the grasslands of European Russia.
[Russian chernozëm : chërny, black + Old Russian zem, earth; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]
cherno·zemic adj.
chernozem, tschernosem [ˈtʃɜːnəʊˌzɛm]
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a black soil, rich in humus and carbonates, in cool or temperate semiarid regions, as the grasslands of Russia
[from Russian, contraction of chernaya zemlya black earth]


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