humified

[hyoo-muh-fahyd, yoo-]

adjective

1. transformed into humus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of humified¹

First recorded in 1905–10; hum(us) + -ify + -ed ²

Example Sentences

This gathering of useless nitrogen from the air, and making it over into plant-food cannot go on in a soil destitute of organic matter, requires in fact that vegetable remains or humified substances of some sort be present there.

From Project Gutenberg