alkali soil

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noun

soil that has either a high degree of alkalinity or a high percentage of sodium, or both, so that most crops cannot be grown in it profitably.

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Origin of alkali soil

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby alkali soil

alkaline tide, alkalinity, alkalinuria, alkali reserve, alkali rock, alkali soil, alkalize, alkaloid, alkaloidal, alkalosis, alkaluria

How to use alkali soil in a sentence

Marx forecast that the profit motive would lead to overworking and exhausting the fertility of our soil and other natural systems.
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The others are difficult to identify, since they reacted with other oxygen-bearing molecules in the soil.
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Under the new requirements, simply being born on U.S. soil would no longer be enough.
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The ground was fertile, with alluvial, or unconsolidated, soil.
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In an interview with The Daily Beast in September, Paul said he was against the idea of U.S. forces on Middle East soil.
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Eggs and nestlings were found lying on the bare soil at the inner ends of the burrows; no nesting material was found.
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This has a warm though a thin soil, which must be highly favorable to the Vine to induce so exclusive a devotion to it.
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Whatever the species, it is well to imitate the natural conditions as much as possible in the way of soil.
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For instance, the Limestone Polypody is not happy unless there is a certain amount of lime present in the soil.
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Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.
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British Dictionary definitions for alkali soil

alkali soil

noun

a soil that gives a pH reaction of 8.5 or above, found esp in dry areas where the soluble salts, esp of sodium, have not been leached away but have accumulated in the B horizon of the soil profile

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