black land

noun

1. a black, clayey soil.

Word History and Origins

Origin of black land¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Next morning she found herself looking out at the rough gray and black land of New Mexico.

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Sir Walter Elliot states that a variety found in red soil is much redder in colour than that inhabiting the black land.

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Instead, they found black land freely dotted with clumps of trees, with walls of wild flowers on each side of the track.

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In the ancient languages Egypt was called by a name signifying "Black Land."

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It was a knight, and he was armed in black armour, and his name was ‘the Knight of the Black Land.’

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