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a zonal group of soils with a brown surface horizon, developed on cool to temperate grasslands. Cf. mollisol.
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brown soil — noun : any of a zonal group of soils developed in a temperate to cool semiarid climate under short grass, bunch grass, and shrubs and having a brown surface horizon that grades into a layer of carbonate accumulation by way of a layer of lighter… … Useful english dictionary
