loam
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“A nice scent—really earthy. It smelled like loam soil.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The result, if we want to get really geeky, is a mix of clay, pure sand and sandy loam.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
It’s a sandy loam mixed with lightweight volcanic aggregate to provide the volume and moisture needed to support plant life while reducing the weight on the structure and allowing for easy drainage.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 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
The land was down upon itself, a land of black loam, but nothing on it, not even grass.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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