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hu•mus



Pronunciation: (hyOO'mus or, often, yOO'-), [key]
n.
the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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