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Definition of brown earth
: any of a group of intrazonal soils developed in temperate humid regions under deciduous forests and characterized by a dark brown mull horizon that grades through lighter colored soil
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Recent Examples on the Web Scoop after scoop of deep brown earth dug carefully with a trowel and then gently poured into gallon-size glass jars etched with a name — John Henry James — and a date — July 12, 1898.
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Joe Heim, Washington Post, "Sacred ground, now reclaimed: A Charlottesville story," 7 July 2018 Stripes of peach, cream and mud-brown earth and stone lined the curving banks of the Little Missouri River.
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Beth J. Harpaz, chicagotribune.com, "Badlands and history in Theodore Roosevelt National Park," 5 July 2018 Last year, an insufficient base caused many resorts to close about a month earlier than average, in late February, when the mercury soared and brown earth was exposed.
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John Hopewell, Washington Post, "Early opening day for local ski areas is welcome news after last year’s dud of a season," 15 Dec. 2017 Occasionally a slight breeze catches a propeller, spinning it ever so slowly and filtering the harsh sun in a dance of rays on the brown earth.
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Jackie Spinner, The Christian Science Monitor, "Inside Morocco's renewable revolution," 13 Sep. 2017
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