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Lateritic

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lat·er·ite  (lt-rt)
n.
A red residual soil formed by the leaching of silica and by enrichment with aluminum and iron oxides, especially in humid climates.
[Latin later, brick + -ite.]
later·itic (-rtk) adj.


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