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humus

/hyoo-muhs or, often, yoo-/US // ˈhyu məs or, often, ˈyu- //UK // (ˈhjuːməs) //

腐殖土,腐殖质,腐殖酸,腐植酸

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.

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Examples

  • But enough humus–time to get back outside, and see a little archeology!

  • The particular phenomena of vegetation also afford abundant evidence that humus cannot be the only source of carbon.

  • It did not notice Forrester scurrying away in the shape of an ant through the leaves and thick humus of the jungle floor.

  • The generation of the humus-acids is probably hastened during the digestion of the many half-decayed leaves which worms consume.

  • The upper few inches of soil is humus rich in organic matter; below this is clay.

  • See that the soil contains enough humus or vegetable mold to make it rich and to enable it to hold moisture.