eluvial.

Relating to soil material or horizons altered as water carries substances away from them.

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Words that belong together

• eluvial horizon
• eluvial soil

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An eluvial horizon showed as a pale band beneath the roots.

Rain exposed the eluvial soil where the bank had slipped.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a seasonal, material, ecological, or geographic relation; comparison requires a measurable or descriptive basis. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.