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humus
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- only individual words found| Humus | |
| gen. | humus; top soil |
| agr. | duff |
| agric. | hotbed muck-soil; humous soil |
| construct. | mor |
| mining. | decomposed organic matter; soil ulmin |
| tech. | mould |
noun | adjective | to phrases
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| humus; top soil | |||
| leaf moulds | |||
| topsoil | |||
| humus The more or less decomposed organic matter in the soil. Besides being the source of most of the mineral salts needed by plants, humus improves the texture of the soil and holds water, so reducing the loss of nutrients by leaching | |||
| mould | |||
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| duff | |||
| hotbed muck-soil; humous soil | |||
| mor | |||
| decomposed organic matter; soil ulmin | |||
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| humic; humous | |||
| humus: 27 phrases in 5 subjects |
| Agriculture | 6 |
| Life sciences | 12 |
| Natural resourses and wildlife conservation | 2 |
| Natural sciences | 3 |
| Soil science | 4 |