black earth
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Men dig in flip‑flops through dense black earth, "cow dung", as a young girl sitting on full sacks calls it.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
On a cold January day, he walked with her, retracing paths they had covered many times before: black earth, white patchy snow.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024
“We already know what black earth is, but we didn’t know how it worked,” he says.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 19, 2023
Researchers dug through six layers of ash mixed with black earth to reach his skeleton, which was accompanied by two seals and other sacred offerings.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2023
There were twenty feet of sand and then black earth again, and even a piece of redwood, that imperishable wood that does not rot.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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