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LOAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("loam" is a kind of...):
dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loam"):
regur; regur soil (a rich black loam of India)
chernozemic soil (a rich black loam of Russia)
Derivation:
loamy (consisting of or having the character of loam)