latosol

[ lat-uh-sawl, -sol ]

noun

1. a reddish lateritic soil of the tropics, deeply weathered and infertile, characterized by hydroxides of iron and aluminum.

latosol

/ lăt′ə-sôl′ /

1. See laterite

Word History and Origins

Origin of latosol¹

1945–50; lat- (irregular extracted from Latin later; laterite ) + -o- + -sol