andisol

English

Alternative forms

• andosol

Etymology

From Japanese 暗土 (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.

Translations

soil containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火山灰土 (huǒshānhuītǔ), 灰燼土／灰烬土 (huījìntǔ)

• Finnish: lasimaannos
• Portuguese: andossolo m

Anagrams

• Ladinos, ladinos, oil sand, oilsand, osladin, snoidal