tilled soil

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• soil — soil1 soilless, adj. /soyl/, n. 1. the portion of the earth s surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. 2. a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. 3. the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil. 4. a… …   Universalium

• tilled — tɪl n. cashbox, drawer v. work the soil, plow or dig soil in preparation for planting conj. until, up to the time that prep. until, up to …   English contemporary dictionary

• soil — The surface layer of earth; the layer which produces plant life and is tilled in the raising of crops. See common in the soil …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• tilled land — noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops • Syn: ↑cultivated land, ↑farmland, ↑plowland, ↑ploughland, ↑tillage, ↑tilth • Derivationally related forms: ↑till ( …   Useful english dictionary

• clean-tilled — «KLEEN TIHLD», adjective. grown on land that is kept free from other ground cover: »Cotton, corn, and tobacco are clean tilled crops, leaving the soil unprotected against the heavy monsoon rains (White and Renner) …   Useful english dictionary

• surface soil — noun the layer of soil on the surface • Syn: ↑topsoil • Hypernyms: ↑soil, ↑dirt * * * noun : the upper 5 to 8 inches of the soil layer : the portion of the soil usually tilled …   Useful english dictionary

• virgin soil — noun : soil that has never been cultivated * * * virgin soil noun 1. Soil never previously tilled or cultivated 2. Material as yet untried or unaffected • • • Main Entry: ↑virgin …   Useful english dictionary

• Cultivator — F210 Honda tiller 1949 Farmall C with C 254 A two row cultivator …   Wikipedia

• Rotary tiller — A rotary tiller, also known as a rototiller, rotavator, rotary hoe, power tiller, or rotary plough (in US: plow), is a motorised cultivator that works the soil by means of rotating tines or blades. Rotary tillers are either self propelled or… …   Wikipedia

• Entomopathogenic nematode — Entomopathogenic nematodes are soil inhabiting, lethal insect parasitoids that belong to the phylum Nematoda, commonly called roundworms. The term entomopathogenic comes from the Greek word entomon, meaning insect, and pathogenic, which means… …   Wikipedia

• gardening — /gahrd ning/, n. 1. the act of cultivating or tending a garden. 2. the work or art of a gardener. [1570 80; GARDEN + ING1] * * * Laying out and tending of a garden. Though palatial gardens existed in ancient times, small home gardens became… …   Universalium