terra preta

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English

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Etymology

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Portuguese terra preta. From Portuguese terra (“soil”) + preta (“black”).

Noun

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terra preta (uncountable)

  1. A very dark, man-made, nutritionally dense soil found in the Amazon basin.

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See also

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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terra preta f (plural terras pretas)

  1. terra preta; Ellipsis of terra preta de índio.

Descendants

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  • → English: terra preta
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