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• silt loam — noun Etymology: silt (I) : soil containing not less than 70 percent silt and clay and not less than 20 percent sand …   Useful english dictionary

• Natchez silt loam — In 1988, the Professional Soil Classifiers Association of Mississippi selected Natchez silt loam soil to represent the soil resources of the State. These soils exist on 171,559 acres (0.56% of state) of landscape in Mississippi. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

• Port Silt Loam — is the state soil of Oklahoma. This type of soil is reddish in color due to the weathering of reddish sandstones, siltstones, and shales of the Permian geologic era. It is a medium textured soil and is an alluvial soil deposited along flood… …   Wikipedia

• loam — n clay, sand, clay loam, sandy loam, silt loam; mud, silt, earth, ground, soil, fertile or rich soil …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Loam — is soil composed of sand, silt, and clay in relatively even concentration (about 40 40 20% concentration respectively), considered ideal for gardening and agricultural uses. Loam soils generally contain more nutrients and humus than sandy soils,… …   Wikipedia

• loam — loaminess, n. loamless, adj. loamy, adj. /lohm/, n. 1. a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay. 2. a mixture of clay, sand, straw, etc., used in making molds for… …   Universalium

• loam — [[t]loʊm[/t]] n. 1) agr. gel a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay 2) bui mel a mixture of clay, sand, straw, etc., used in making molds for founding and in… …   From formal English to slang

• loam — noun Etymology: Middle English lom, from Old English lām clay, mud; akin to Old English līm lime Date: 12th century 1. a. a mixture (as for plastering) composed chiefly of moistened clay b. a coarse molding sand used in founding 2. soil;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• loam —   a soil having roughly equal proportions of clay, sand and silt …   Geography glossary

• clay loam — noun : a loam consisting of from 20 to 30 percent clay, from 20 to 50 percent silt, and from 20 to 50 percent sand …   Useful english dictionary

• sandy loam — noun : a loam consisting of less than 7 percent clay, less than 50 percent silt, and between 43 and 50 percent sand …   Useful english dictionary