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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
laterite /ˈlatərʌɪt/

▶noun a reddish clayey material, hard when dry, forming a topsoil in some tropical regions and sometimes used for building.

– derivatives
lateritic /-ˈrɪtɪk/ adjective.

– origin C19: from L. later ‘brick’ + -ite1.

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