alluvion

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A solitary willow had taken root in the alluvion, and profiting by its exclusive possession of the soil, the tree had sent up its stem far above the crest of the adjacent rock, whose peaked summit had once been shadowed by its branches.

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  1. noun See alluvium.
  2. noun The flow of water against a shore or bank.
  3. noun Inundation by water; flood.

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  1. Latin alluviō, alluviōn-, from alluere, to wash against : ad-, ad- + -luere, to wash; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French alluvion, alluvion, accretion, from Latin alluvio(n-), adluvio(n-), an overflowing, inundation, from alluere, adluere, flow to, wash upon, from ad, to, + luere, wash, = Greek λούειν, wash: see lave and lotion.
 

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/əˈljuviən/
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