illuvium

noun

il·​lu·​vi·​um

plural illuviums

-ēəmz

or illuvia

-ēə

: material leached from one soil horizon and deposited in another compare alluvium, colluvium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from in- entry 2 + -luvium (as in alluvium)

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