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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lohm |
| Phonetic Transcription : loʊm |
Definition of loamy
Origin :- Old English lam "clay, mud, mire, earth," from Proto-Germanic *laimaz (cf. Old Saxon lemo, Dutch leem, German Lehm "loam"), from PIE root *(s)lei- "slimy" (see slime (n.)). As a type of highly fertile clayey soil, it is attested from 1660s. As a verb from c.1600.
- As in earthlike : adj earthy
- As in proliferous : adj fertile
- As in fertile : adj ready to bear, produce
- Clay ground is better for them than sand, and loamy soil the best of all.
- Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
- It is greater in loamy and clayey soils; but is still small.
- Extract from : « Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel » by Samuel William Johnson
- The soil should be of a slightly sandy or loamy nature, and not wet.
- Extract from : « Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements » by Various
- Loamy soil, inclined to moisture, is best adapted to their growth.
- Extract from : « The American Flower Garden Directory » by Thomas Hibbert
- They are all of easy culture in any loamy soil inclining to moisture.
- Extract from : « The American Flower Garden Directory » by Thomas Hibbert
- They are easily grown in any loamy soil, and flower from May to July.
- Extract from : « The American Flower Garden Directory » by Thomas Hibbert
- In Taungdwingyi the soil is rich, loamy, and extremely fertile.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4 » by Various
- Select a moist, loamy soil, slightly protected from the sun.
- Extract from : « The Practical Garden-Book » by C. E. Hunn
- For all general purposes, a soil which is loamy in texture is desirable.
- Extract from : « A Living from the Land » by William B. Duryee
- The tillage, as the author says, "is loamy and fine for trucking."
- Extract from : « Seeing Things at Night » by Heywood Broun
Synonyms for loamy
- abundant
- arable
- bearing
- black
- bountiful
- breeding
- breedy
- bringing forth
- childing
- earthen
- fecund
- feracious
- flowering
- flowing with milk and honey
- fruitful
- generative
- gravid
- hebetic
- loamy
- lush
- luxuriant
- plenteous
- plentiful
- pregnant
- procreant
- producing
- productive
- proliferant
- prolific
- puberal
- pubescent
- rank
- rich
- spawning
- teeming
- terrestrial
- uberous
- vegetative
- virile
- with child
- yielding
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