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humus

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of humus

a brown or black material in soil that is formed when plants and animals decay

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of humus

clod, dirt, earth, ground, mold

blackland, clay, gault [chiefly British], gley, guck (or gook), gumbo, kaolin, muck, mud

dust, gravel, sand

alluvium, colluvium, detritus, loess, marl, sediment, shingle, silt

subsoil, substratum

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