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humous

American  
[hyoom-uhs] / ˈhjum əs /

adjective

  1. relating to, having the nature of, or containing humus.


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If the highlight of your day is, in fact, the walk to Pret, the frisson of excitement as you vacillate between the wild crayfish and rocket sandwich and the chunky humous salad wrap, crack on.

From The Guardian Jun. 23, 2014

University of Wisconsin Earnest A. Hooton, anthropologist, awarded the university's first post humous honorary degree .

From Time Magazine Archive

In the case of the chalk hills the upper strata are very porous, and the descending water with atmospheric and humous acids in solution has great solvent power.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

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