terra preta
Terra Preta
A very dark, man-made, nutritionally dense soil found in the Amazon basinA very dark, man-made, nutritionally dense soil found in the Amazon basin.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A very dark, man-made, nutritionally dense soil found in the Amazon basin.
Terra Preta
Translations
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By meaning 1
very dark, man-made, nutritionally dense soil:
Origin
Borrowed from Portuguese terra preta, from terra (“soil”) + preta (“black”).Borrowed from Portuguese terra preta, from terra (“soil”) + preta (“black”).
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Synonyms
3 synonymsADEAmazonian dark earthIndian black earth
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable