b-horizon

2 definitions found

b-horizon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  B-horizon \B-horizon\ n.
     that layer of soil in a well-developed soil lying immediately
     below the A-horizon, and which contains deposits of organic
     matter leached from surface soils.
  
     Syn: B horizon.
          [WordNet 1.5]

b-horizon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  B-horizon
      n 1: immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of
           organic matter leached from surface soils [syn:
           B-horizon, B horizon]