nitic

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English

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Etymology

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According to the FAO, it comes from Latin nitidus (“shiny”).[1]

Adjective

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nitic (not comparable)

  1. (geology, of a soil) Having a reasonable amount of clay, but that falls apart into flat-edged geometrical forms that have shiny faces

References

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  1. ^ World reference base for soil resources 2014

Anagrams

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