colluvium

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From Latin colluvio (“jumble”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

colluvium (plural colluvia or colluviums)

  1. (geology) A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope.

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