OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 52470

chernozem

/ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)nəˌzɛm/
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chernozem
A fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.
The experiments made by the beet-root growers of the extensive tract of land in Russia, known as the Tschernosem or 'Black soil', whose fertility for corn plants is proverbial, sho…
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