laterite
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See also: latérite
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin later (“brick”) + -ite.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laterite (plural laterites)
- A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 38:
- Constant tropical rain makes a mush of hard old lavas. The end product is a brick red soil called laterite.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 38:
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Translations[edit]
red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil
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Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
laterite f (plural lateriti)