slickspot
English
Noun
slickspot (plural slickspots)
- (soil science) An area where there is little to no vegetation, usually due to high concentration of salts in the soil.
- 1975, Dissertation Abstracts International
- Slickspots present very important problems in crop production, range management, and uses of soils for engineering purposes.
- 2002, Richard J. Huggett, Jo Cheesman, Topography and the Environment (page 143)
- To investigate slickspot formation in the Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA, 16 pairs of pedons, one of each in a slickspot and the other under nearby vegetation (Figure 5.16(a)), were sampled (Reid et al 1993).
- 1975, Dissertation Abstracts International
Anagrams
- lockspits, lopsticks, slicktops