land#1 (n)
ground#1 (n)
soil (n)

n09335240

type n
lex_filenum 17
def material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
examples the land had never been plowed
good agricultural soil
Outgoing links
Hypernym object, physical object
Hyponym badlands; bottomland, bottom; coastland; cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth; overburden; permafrost; polder; rangeland; scablands; turf, sod, sward, greensward; wetland
Incoming links
Hyponym object, physical object
Hypernym badlands; bottomland, bottom; coastland; cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth; overburden; permafrost; polder; rangeland; scablands; turf, sod, sward, greensward; wetland

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