maalajite

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • soil separate fraction of a given soil sample separated on the basis of grain size

Etymology

Compound from Finnish maa (land, earth, country, ground, soil, of land, nation, of earth, country's, earth's, of country) + Finnish lajite.

Origin

Finnish

lajite

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