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Webster 1913 Edition
Understratum
Un′der-straˊtum
,Noun.
pl. L.
Understrata
, E. Understratums
. The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil.
Webster 1828 Edition
Understratum
UNDERSTRA'TUM
,Noun.