brown earth

noun

1. an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England

Example Sentences

Three square little garden plots with nice brown earth were waiting for seeds.

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Upon the plateau I saw my rusty old disk harrow–a legacy from Milt–standing on the brown earth.

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Most of the seeds sprouted and grew, and soon the dark brown earth was covered by green shoots and trailing sprays.

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When the warm brown earth was turned up, the Indians broke the clods by dragging great tree branches over them.

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Hard work, resolute wrestling with the brown earth, made his muscles firm and his nerves steady.

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