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MARL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("marl" is a kind of...):
dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)
Derivation:
marly (of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl)
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