podzolizev.
/ˈpɒdzəlʌɪz/, /ˈpɒdzl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpɑdzəˌlaɪz/ Soil Science.
transitive and intransitive. To render or become podzolic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > soil formation > [verb (intransitive)] > form specific type of soil
clod1530
mellow1815
podzolize1932
solodize1934
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > soil formation > [verb (transitive)] > form specific type of soil
clod1530
mellow1577
podzolize1932
1932 Techn. Communications Imperial Bureau Soil Sci. No. 24. 11 Under conditions of poor drainage..resilication may give rise to a kaolinite red earth which..may be podsolised into a quartzose, bleached surface soil.
1957 Soil Sci. 83 215 The parent materials of Swartswood sand loam podzolize with comparative ease.
1975 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 272 378 Writers have concluded that A[gathis] australis does not podzolize soils derived from basalt owing to its low silica content.
1987 Jrnl. Archaeol. Sci. 14 507 Soil particle size analyses..show that on some banks the soil has begun to podzolise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
v.1932