topsoil
noun
top·soil
ˈtäp-ˌsȯi(-ə)l 
: surface soil usually including the organic layer in which plants have most of their roots and which the farmer turns over in plowing
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Crews reshaped the landscape, spreading fine sand across large stretches of rich topsoil, Mr. Duttlinger said.
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P.j. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
Other areas within the 20-km mandatory evacuation zone have been cleaned by an arduous process of topsoil removal from farmland, forests, and residential areas.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
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P.j. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
Other areas within the 20-km mandatory evacuation zone have been cleaned by an arduous process of topsoil removal from farmland, forests, and residential areas.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
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topsoil
noun
top·soil
-ˌsȯil
: surface soil usually including the rich upper layer in which plants have most of their roots and which the farmer turns over in plowing
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