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alluvium

al·lu·vium

US/ˌæˈluviʌm/ uncommon

noun

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clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

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From Medieval Latin alluvium (“matter deposited by flowing water”), neuter of alluvius (“deposited by a river”), from Latin alluviō (“washing upon, overflowing”). See also al-.

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