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black earth: see chernozem chernozem or black earth, variety of soil rich in organic matter in the form of humus. It is generally a modified type of loess. True chernozem is black in color, but there are various grades, shading off into gray and chestnut-brown soils.
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No references found			You'll see bits o' green spikes stickin' out o' th' black earth after a bit. The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context As the sun became warmer and the light of day longer, the snow vanished, and I beheld the bare trees and the black earth. Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context As the fame of some blameless king who, like a god, Maintains justice to whom the black earth brings forth Wheat and barley, whose trees are bowed with fruit, And his sheep never fail to bear, and the sea gives him fish. The Republic by Plato View in context			black cat black chaff Black Chokeberry black coal black cobalt Black Codes black copper black coral black cotton soil Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge Black Country Black Cowboys Parade black cyanide Black Data Processing Associates Black Death Black Death pogroms Black Death, the black diamond black diapering Black Diaspora Film Festival black disease black dog black drop black durain black dwarf black earth black ebony black economy Black Elk black end Black Finless Porpoise black fly Black Forest Black Friar Black Friday black frost black giants black granite black grease black gum Black Hand black hat hacker black haw Black Hawk Black Hawk County Black Hawk State Park Black Hawk War Black Heads black heart Black Hills Black Hills National Forest			Black Dragon River Black Dragon River Black Dragon Scale Mail Black Dragon Society Black Dragon Society Black draught Black draught Black draught Black Drongo Black Drongo Black drop Black drop Black drum black drums black drums black drums black drums black duck Black Duck Joint Venture black durain Black Dust Black dwarf Black dwarf black dwarf star Black dwarfs Black dwarfs Black Dyke Band Black Dyke Mills Band Black Eagle Project Roodekrans Black ear fungus black earth Black Earth Creek Watershed Association Black Earth Public Library black ebony black ebony Black Economic Empowerment Black Economic Empowerment Advisory Council Black Economic Empowerment Commission Black Economic Empowerment Group Black Economic Empowerment South Africa Black Economic Research Center Black Economies Black Economies Black Economies black economy black economy black economy Black Educators Student Association Black Efforts for Soul in Television Black El Paso Democrats black elder black elder black elderberry Black Elected Democrats of Ohio Black Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists Black Elk Black Employee Network Black Employees Advocacy Coalition Black Employees Program Council Black Employees United for Equality Black Employment Program

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