verb
- to convert soil into podzol through the process of podzolization, in which organic acids leach minerals from the upper soil layers
Usage: chiefly British spelling; American spelling is 'podzolize'; technical term used in soil science and geology
Examples
- Acidic rainfall can podzolise forest soils over time.
- The sandy soils in the region began to podzolise under coniferous vegetation.
- Soil scientists study how climate conditions podzolise different parent materials.
- Leaching processes podzolise the upper horizons of the soil profile.