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inceptisol

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in⋅cep⋅ti⋅sol

[in-sep-tuh-sawl, -sol]
–noun
a soil so young that horizons have just begun to form: esp. prevalent in tundra areas.

Origin:
1970–75; incept(ion) + -i- + -sol
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