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eluvial

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e⋅lu⋅vi⋅al

  [i-loo-vee-uhl]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to eluviation or eluvium.
Origin:
1860–65; eluvi(um) + -al 1
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e·lu·vi·um   (ĭ-lōō'vē-əm)   
n.  Residual deposits of soil, dust, and rock particles produced by the action of the wind.

[New Latin ēluvium, from Latin ēluere, to wash out; see elute.]
e·lu'vi·al (-əl) adj.
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