alluvium

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  • Noun:
    clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

Word Origin

alluvium (n.)
"matter deposited by flowing water," 1660s, from Medieval Latin alluvium, neuter of alluvius "washed against," from Latin alluere "wash against," from ad- "to, against" (see ad-) + -luere, comb. form of lavere "to wash" (see lave).

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