(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:44:04

Al*lu"vi*al (&?;), a. [Cf. F. alluvial. See Alluvion.]

Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.

 

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Al*lu"vi*al (?), n.

Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.

 

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