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illuvium
il·lu·vi·um [ i lvee əm ] (plural il·lu·vi·ums or il·lu·vi·a [ i lvee ə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
material deposited by illuviation: colloids, salts, or other material washed out from an upper to a lower layer of soil
[Early 20th century. < modern Latin<-luvium (as in alluvium)]
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