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illuviation

il·lu·vi·a·tion [ i lvee áysh'n ]


noun 
Definition:
 
leaching down of soil material: the process by which materials such as colloids and salts are washed from an upper layer of soil to a lower one

[Early 20th century. <il- + eluviation]

il·lu·vi·at·ed adjective
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