DEFINITION
noun [ mass noun ]
the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of amixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles.• the territory of a particular nation: the stationing of US troops on Japanese soil.
DERIVATIVESsoil-less adjective
ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, perhaps representing Latin solium ‘seat’, by association with solum ‘ground’.
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