Illuviation Definition

ĭ-lo͝ovē-āshən
noun
The accumulation in an underlying soil layer of materials, as colloids or soluble salts, that have been leached out of an upper layer.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Illuviation

Noun

Singular:
illuviation
Plural:
illuviations

Origin of Illuviation

  • illuvial resulting from illuviation (in–) (-luvial relating to the action of flowing water) (as in alluvial) –ation

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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