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chernozem cher·no·zem

Spelling: [chur-nuh-zem, chair-; Russian chyi Chernozem is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 27 points.

You can make 243 anagrams from letters in chernozem (ceehmnorz).

Definitions for chernozem

noun

1. a soil common in cool or temperate semiarid climates, very black and rich in humus and carbonates.

Origin of chernozem

1835-45; Russian chernozëm, equivalent to chërn(yĭ) black + -o- -o- + -zëm, variant, in compounds, of zemlyá earth, land; see humus

Examples for chernozem

This is the black earth known as chernozem, which is rich in humus.

About 20 percent of the agricultural land is of the chernozem type.

chernozem soils predominate, and the seasonal distribution of rainfall is more propitious than in Walachia.