andisol

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Etymology

From Japanese (an do, dark soil) + -i- +‎ -sol. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

andisol (plural andisols)

  1. A kind of soil formed in volcanic ash and containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials, including allophane, imogolite and ferrihydrite.

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