terra preta

English

Etymology

Portuguese terra preta. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese terra (“soil”) + preta (“black”).

Noun

terra preta (uncountable)

1. A very dark, man-made, nutritionally dense soil found in the Amazon basin.

See also

• black earth, chernozem
• dark earth

Translations

very dark, man-made, nutritionally dense soil

• Portuguese: terra preta
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Portuguese

Noun

terra preta f (plural terras pretas)

1. terra preta; Ellipsis of terra preta de índio.

Descendants

• → English: terra preta