virgin soil

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noun

soil that has not been cultivated before

a person or thing that is as yet undeveloped

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Words nearby virgin soil

Virgin Mary, virgin metal, Virgin Queen, Virgin River, virgin's-bower, virgin soil, virgin wool, Virgo, Virgoan, Virgo cluster, virgo intacta

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How to use virgin soil in a sentence

Marx forecast that the profit motive would lead to overworking and exhausting the fertility of our soil and other natural systems.
American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years|Jedediah Purdy|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The virgin birth is mentioned in the...what...gasp...Koran?!
Why Muslims Love Jesus Too|Dean Obeidallah|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The others are difficult to identify, since they reacted with other oxygen-bearing molecules in the soil.
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Under the new requirements, simply being born on U.S. soil would no longer be enough.
The Progressive Case Against Birthright Citizenship|Keli Goff|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The ground was fertile, with alluvial, or unconsolidated, soil.
Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By Whiskey||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eggs and nestlings were found lying on the bare soil at the inner ends of the burrows; no nesting material was found.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
This has a warm though a thin soil, which must be highly favorable to the Vine to induce so exclusive a devotion to it.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The Authorised Version has: “And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.”
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Whatever the species, it is well to imitate the natural conditions as much as possible in the way of soil.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
For instance, the Limestone Polypody is not happy unless there is a certain amount of lime present in the soil.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin