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tschernosem

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(cher′nə zem′; Russ. chyi nu zyôm′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tscher•no•sem  (cher′nə zem′; Russ. chyir nu zyôm′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Geologychernozem.
Also, tscher′no•zem′, tsher′no•sem′. 
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cher•no•zem  (chûr′nə zem′, châr′-; Russ. chyir nu zyôm′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Agriculture, Geologya soil common in cool or temperate semiarid climates, very black and rich in humus and carbonates.
  • Russian chernozëm, equivalent. to chërn(yĭ) black + -o- -o- + -zëm, variant, in compounds, of zemlyá earth, land; see humus
  • 1835–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chernozem, tschernosem /ˈtʃɜːnəʊˌzɛm/ n
  1. a black soil, rich in humus and carbonates, in cool or temperate semiarid regions, as the grasslands of Russia
Etymology: from Russian, contraction of chernaya zemlya black earth
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