Edaphic (adj)
ee-daf-ik
(Ecology) Of, produced by, or influenced by the soil.
Late 19th century coined in German from Greek edaphos ‘floor’ + -ic.
Example sentences
“We’d expect to see some edaphic changes over that period.”
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