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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alluvium /əˈl(j)uːvɪəm/

▶noun a deposit of clay, silt, and sand left by flowing flood water in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil.

– derivatives
alluvial adjective.

– origin C17: L., neut. of alluvius ‘washed against’, from ad- ‘towards’ + luere ‘to wash’.

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