brunizem

American

[broo-nuh-zem] / ˈbru nəˌzɛm /

noun

one of the great soil groups of a classification system no longer in general use; would be equivalent to a suborder of the mollisol group.

1950–55; < Late Latin brūn ( us ) brown (< Germanic; brown ) + -i- + (cherno)zem

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