ALLUVIAL

ALLU'VIAL, adjective [See alluvion.]1. Pertaining to alluvion; added to land by the wash of water.2. Washed ashore or down a stream; formed by a current of water; as, alluval ores; alluvial soil.

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alluvial. Alluvial, a. washed to land, added by water

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Al‐lu″vi‐al (�), a. [[Cf. F. alluvial. See Alluvion.]] Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.