chernozem

American  

[chur-nuh-zem, chair-, chyir-nuh-zyawm] / ˈtʃɜr nəˌzɛm, ˈtʃɛər-, tʃjɪr nʌˈzjɔm /

noun

1. a soil common in cool or temperate semiarid climates, very black and rich in humus and carbonates.

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chernozem British  

/ ˈtʃɜːnəʊˌzɛm /

noun

1. a black soil, rich in humus and carbonates, in cool or temperate semiarid regions, as the grasslands of Russia

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Etymology

Origin of chernozem

1835–45; < Russian chernozëm, equivalent to chërn ( yĭ ) black + -o- -o- + -zëm, variant, in compounds, of zemlyá earth, land; see humus

Example Sentences

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chernozem

Ukraine's most fertile soil - called chernozem - has suffered the most, the institute found.

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2023

In the grasslands of the dry southern parts of the prairie provinces and in some of the drier parts of southern B.C., dark brown organic-rich chernozem soils are dominant.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

When man plows a chernozem, his wheat or corn thrive mightily.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gradually the thin, sour forest soil turns into something like chernozem.

From Time Magazine Archive

About 20 percent of the agricultural land is of the chernozem type.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.