chernozem


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chernozem /ˈtʃəːnəzɛm/
noun a fertile black soil rich in humus, typical of temperate grassland.
– origin C19: from Russ., from chërnyĭ ‘black’ + zemlya ‘earth’.
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