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2024
terra_preta
terra preta
English
Noun
terra
preta
(
uncountable
)
A very dark,
man-made
, nutritionally dense soil found in the
Amazon
basin.
See also
black earth
,
chernozem
dark earth
Etymology
From
Portuguese
terra
(
“
soil
”
)
preta
(
“
black
”
)
.
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