Definition of: podzol

(pod′zol) adjective
Of, pertaining to, or designating a major soil type of northern regions developed principally under forest conditions and characterized by a strongly acid, infertile humus underlying a thin mat of leaves and decayed vegetation. Also pod·zol′ic.
—noun Podzol soil. Also pod′sol (-sol). [<Russian, ashlike, salty <soľ salt]