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sierozem
noun
si·er·o·zem
\sē¦erə¦zem\
variants: or
serozem
\¦ser-\Definition of sierozem
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: any of a group of zonal soils that are brownish gray at the surface and lighter colored below, based in a carbonate layer or a hardpan layer, and characteristic of temperate to cool arid regions with mixed shrub vegetation
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Origin and Etymology of sierozem
Russian serozem, from seryĭ gray + zemlya earth; akin to Lithuanian žemė earth, Latin humus
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