Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Humus (which see).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) See humin.

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  • noun chemistry humin

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek γήινος (gēinos, "of earth") from γῆ (gē, "earth").

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