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vadose

[ vey-dohs ]
/ ˈveɪ doʊs /
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adjective Geology.
found or located above the water table: vadose water; vadose zone.
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Origin of vadose

1895–1900; <Latin vadōsus shallow, equivalent to vad(um) a shoal, ford + -ōsus-ose1

Words nearby vadose

vacuum tube, VAD, vade mecum, V. Adm., Vadodara, vadose, vadose zone, Vadsö, Vaduz, vae victis, vag
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British Dictionary definitions for vadose

vadose
/ (ˈveɪdəʊs) /
adjective
of, relating to, designating, or derived from water occurring above the water tablevadose water; vadose deposits

Word Origin for vadose

C19: from Latin vadōsus full of shallows, from vadum a ford
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