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latosol

American  
[lat-uh-sawl, -sol] / ˈlæt əˌsɔl, -ˌsɒl /

noun

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

latosol Scientific  
/ lăt′ə-sôl′ /

  1. See laterite

Etymology

Origin of latosol

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

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