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loamloam /ləʊm $ loʊm/ noun [uncountable]  loamOrigin: Old English lam - Coarse sand or gravel with peat or loam is suitable.
- Cultivation: A layer of peat and gravel, or leaf-mould and coarse sand or loam should provide a good medium.
- In the damaged quadrant three men raked stones from the freshly rolled loam.
- It thrives on a muddy bottom, and therefore a base consisting of sand or loam should be provided.
- Propagation is done by either dividing the rootstock with shoots or by planting seeds in a container of damp sand or loam.
- The creek trickles pleasantly, carving away at the pale loam.
- Therefore a mixture of clay or loam and coarse river sand is needed.
- Though not difficult to grow, they are greedy and prefer a rich, well-drained sandy loam.
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