native soil
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A few minutes later, the small mountain jewels are back in their native soil.
From BBC • May 24, 2024
Our newest study suggests that your microbes are not only living in the soil but also cooperating with native soil microbes to help decompose your body.
From Salon • Oct. 2, 2023
A staple of West African cooking when the Atlantic slave trade began in the 16th century, okra was forcibly uprooted from its native soil, just like the people who loved it.
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2019
The idea is to mix them with the native soil.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2019
There is a little poem in the Schnellpost, by Moritz Hartmann, called the "Three,"—which would be a forcible appeal, if any were needed, in behalf of all who are exiled from their native soil.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
