Meaning Of The Word Laterite

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laterite in American English
a red, residual soil containing large amounts of aluminum and ferric hydroxides, formed by the decomposition of many kinds of rocks, and found esp. in well-drained tropical rain forests
noun: a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks

laterite in British English
noun: any of a group of deposits consisting of residual insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminium oxides: formed by weathering of rocks in tropical regions

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