chernozem

[chur-nuh-zem, chair-; Russ. chyir-nuh-zyawm] Origin

cher·no·zem

[chur-nuh-zem, chair-; Russ. chyir-nuh-zyawm]
noun
a soil common in cool or temperate semiarid climates, very black and rich in humus and carbonates.

Origin:
1835–45; < Russian chernozëm, equivalent to chërn() black + -o- -o- + -zëm, variant, in compounds, of zemlyá earth, land; see humus
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chernozem or tschernosem (ˈtʃɜːnəʊˌzɛm)
 
n
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]
 
tschernosem or tschernosem
 
n
 
[from Russian, contraction of chernaya zemlya black earth]

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chernozem
1842, from Rus. chernozem, lit. "black earth," from chernyl "black" + zemlya "earth, soil."
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