regur soil
- noun
- Indian
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tierra regur
- Much of the Deccan plateau is covered with regur soil, also known as black cotton soil.
Examples
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Farmers in India rely on regur soil for their cotton crops.
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The regur soil in Maharashtra is particularly fertile.
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Farmers rely on regur soil for cultivating cotton in central India.
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The unique minerals in regur soil make it highly fertile for many crops.
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Farmers rely on regur soil for cultivating cotton in central India.
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Much of the Deccan plateau is covered with regur soil, also known as black cotton soil.
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The unique minerals in regur soil make it highly fertile for many crops.
Synonyms
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Ground that is rich in nutrients and helps plants grow well
A rich black soil from old volcanoes that farmers use to grow crops
How Fertile
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'regur' denotes a specific type of fertile volcanic/black soil and 'soil' denotes earth, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to that particular rich soil used for cotton. Although 'regur' is region-specific, the noun+noun construction is straightforward and predictable for learners.
Etymology
Regur soil may come from a local Indian word for dark earth. The words regur and soil create the image of rich, black, sticky ground that holds water and helps cotton grow, so the name means 'a fertile black soil used for cotton'.