English Dictionary

tepetate

noun

(geology) A soil type found in volcanic regions, known for hardness, poor drainage, and poor fertility.

The construction workers encountered a layer of tepetate while digging the foundation.

意味（1）

(geology) A soil type found in volcanic regions, known for hardness, poor drainage, and poor fertility.

Where erosion has reduced the soil layer to less than planting depth or to exposed tepetate, farmers may break up and pulverize the tepetate with plows, picks, crowbars, sledgehammers, or even black powder, to form a usable soil layer.