latosol

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lat⋅o⋅sol

[lat-uh-sawl, -sol]

–noun

a reddish lateritic soil of the tropics, deeply weathered and infertile, characterized by hydroxides of iron and aluminum.

Origin:
1945–50; lat- (irreg. extracted from L later; see laterite ) + -o- + -sol

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lat·o·sol (lāt'ə-sôl', -sŏl')

n. Soil that is rich in iron, alumina, or silica and formed in tropical woodlands under very humid climate with relatively high temperature.

[lat(erite) + -sol, soil (from Latin solum).]

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See laterite.

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