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ALLUVIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
alluvium (clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down)
Derivation:
alluvium (clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down)