marllike

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English

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Etymology

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From marl +‎ -like.

Adjective

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marllike (comparative more marllike, superlative most marllike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of marl.
    • 1954, Soil survey of Wise County, Virginia, page 28:
      In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike.