loam
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At first, settling into the moist loam, the plant is an innocent sproutling, soft and gentle, harmless, edible to browsing Herefords.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
The result, if we want to get really geeky, is a mix of clay, pure sand and sandy loam.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024
That’s because, contrary to the shibboleth, the good isn’t the enemy of the great—it’s the loam of the great.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 9, 2023
People seem to forget that you can use topsoil as a loam as part of your potting compost.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2022
The entire Columbian Guard seemed to be present, their pale blue uniforms standing out like crocuses against black loam.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
The red loams of South Africa, where not too sandy, make excellent pisé.
From Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) by Clough Williams-Ellis
In some canning sections, clay loams and even clay soils are used.
From The Tomato by Paul Work
The soils of the N. are clays, sometimes mixed with loam; those of the central part are mainly loams; while those of the S. are sands.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
He found that 100 parts by weight of three samples of different sands absorbed 3, 8, and 11 parts of water, respectively, in one hour; while three loams absorbed similarly 1.3, 1.6, and 1.8 parts.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
Try to find the proportion of vegetable matter in each of the following: loams from various sources, sand, clay, gravel.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education
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