podzol

Noun

pod=zol

WORDNET DICTIONARY

podzol(n = noun.substance) podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol soil - a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer;

is a kind of dirt, soil

podzol, n. (also podsol) a soil with minerals leached from its surface layers into a lower stratum.

Derivative

podzolize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).

Etymology

Russ. f. pod under, zola ashes