loamy

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The soil was rich and loamy, and the road we travelled was moist, and in some places very heavy for our waggon.

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  1. Consisting of loam; of the nature of or resembling loam: as, loamy soil. And if it want binding, [mix] a little loamy earth. Evelyn, Calendarium Hortense, May.
  2. Damp. Halliwell. [Provincial English]

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  • Removing too much timber from nearby bluffs would have left nothing to anchor the loamy soil so that heavy rainfall would have washed it down into the valley, wiping out crops, says Woods, a specialist in prehistoric agriculture. —  Omni: September 1993
  • The soil was looser, however, loamy, a commercial potting-soil mix. —  Gone by Lisa Gardner
  • Earth magic—dark and loamy, filled with secrets buried under the years of leaves and branches that had decayed back into the planet herself. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 1] - Witchling
  • Perennial native herb found growing in moist sandy, loamy or rocky woods and thickets, N. America from —  Find Me A Cure
  • Their strong taproot can penetrate deeply in loamy, well-drained soils. —  High Plains Journal
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