Oxisol


[ok-si-sawl, -sol] /ˈɒk sɪˌsɔl, -ˌsɒl/

noun
1.
a thick, weathered soil of the humid tropics, largely depleted in the minerals that promote fertility, and characteristic of the Amazon and Congo basins.

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