designating or of zones, or layers, of soil that cannot be sharply distinguished from one another because, for example, they are of recent formation
azonal in American English
(eiˈzounl)
adjective
1.
not divided into zones
2. (of soil)
so young that horizons have not yet developed
Word origin
[1895–1900; a-6 + zonal]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, backstage, backwind, freewheel, neon
Examples of 'azonal' in a sentence
azonal
Mesophytic (zonal) elements dominate, with admixture of riparian (azonal) leaf taxa.
Worobiec Grzegorz 2014, 'Late Neogene leaf assemblage from Bełchatów Lignite Mine (central Poland)', Acta Palaeobotanicahttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/acpa.2014.54.issue-2/acpa-2014-0009/acpa-2014-0009.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)