Colluvium

colluvium |kəˈlo͞ovēəm| nounGeology material that accumulates at the foot of a steep slope. DERIVATIVES colluvial |-vēəl| adjective ORIGIN mid 20th cent.: from Latin colluvies ‘confluence or collection of matter,’ from colluere ‘to rinse,’ from col- ‘together’ + luere ‘to wash.’

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