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loamy

[loh-mee] / ˈloʊ mi /
ADJECTIVE
earthlike
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Part of the message, written on two, scrunched-up translucent sheets of paper, read: “Bismark Omit leafage buck bank / Paul Ramify loamy event false new event.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

If you have sandy or clay soil, you can make it more loamy by adding lots of organic amendments like compost, earthworm castings and well-aged manure from plant-eating animals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2023

Nestled along coastal waterways, which created fertile loamy soil, the Low Country is abundant with fresh seafood, produce, and grains.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2022

But things improve when the trail dives into a grove of aspens, an intoxicating realm of filtered sunlight, loamy trail and the fragrant decay of autumn in the Rocky Mountains.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021

I scoop up a handful and breathe in the loamy smell.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

We’re used to adding organic matter in the form of compost, leaf mold, peat moss or some similar amendment to make the soil loamier, but in older times a pasture was often the source.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2015

The new foundation led to a much deeper and loamier track than in years past, and the majority of the riders that we talked to seemed to like it.

From Time Magazine Archive




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