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Another word for loam

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Noun
  1. See also:

    earth

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Sentence Examples

  • But a compost of peat, loam and leaf-soil suits L.

  • The soil generally is a sandy loam or a strong but friable clay, and very fertile.

  • size.) loam, such as is suitable for the vine and the fig; this should be used in as rough a state as possible, or not broken small and fine.

  • The north-west and north-east sections contain some glacial drift but the soil in these parts is not suitable for cultivation except in the larger valleys in the north-west where it is drained by glacial gravel or there is some sandy loam mixed with clay.

  • Any good free loam is suitable, but a calcareous loam is the best.

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