Definition of Regur

1. Noun. A rich black loam of India.

Exact synonyms: Regur Soil
Generic synonyms: Loam

Definition of Regur

1. rich, black cotton soil of India [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regur

reguli
reguline
regulise
regulised
regulises
regulize
regulized
regulizes
regulo
regulome
regulon
regulons
regulos
regulus
reguluses
regur (current term)
regur soil
regurgitalith
regurgitaliths
regurgitant
regurgitant fraction
regurgitant murmur
regurgitate
regurgitated
regurgitates
regurgitating
regurgitation
regurgitation jaundice
regurgitations
regurgitator

Literary usage of Regur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"regur in South India. Absence of peat-formation, iv. Siliceous Soil. Sal-forest of India. Bamboo- forest, v. Swampy Ground. Palm-woods. ..."

2. A Manual of the Geology of India: Chiefly Compiled from the Observations of by Geological Survey of India, Henry Benedict Medlicott, William Thomas Blanford (1893)
"It has since been shown ' that a complete passage takes place in the neighbourhood of Surat between the deposits formed in tidal estuaries and the regur of ..."

3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1883)
"No connection betwe-en the regur and the underlying rocks was found anywhere, and in this respect the southern regur agrees perfectly with the great spreads ..."

4. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1921)
"The regur also contains fragments of calcareous hardpan (here called ... The eighteen analyses of regur given by Leather agree so nearly in their essential ..."

5. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1906)
"The regur also contains fragments of calcareous hardpan (here called ... The eighteen analyses of regur given by Leather agree so nearly in their essential ..."

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