Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vertisol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-ti-sol
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A clay soil, containing a high content of montmorillonite, that forms deep cracks in drier conditions.

Etymology

From Latin vertere (“turn”) + -i- + sol (“soil”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vertere

Inflected Forms

vertisols (plural)

Derived Forms

vertisolic

Questions

What does vertisol mean?: A clay soil, containing a high content of montmorillonite, that forms deep cracks in drier conditions.
Where does vertisol come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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