alfisol

 [al-fuh-sawl, -sol]  

al·fi·sol

   [al-fuh-sawl, -sol]
noun
a fertile soil of humid regions that occurs worldwide, especially where native broadleaf forests were established, and is highly productive for agriculture.
Origin:
1970–75; alf- (according to the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, initiator of the term, a “meaningless syllable”) + -i- + -sol
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