Definitions
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- adjective having surface roughness
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Examples
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The Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands occur in areas of fine-textured soils, such as silts and clays, that have a higher water retention capacity than coarse-textured, rocky soil.
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The Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands occur in areas of fine-textured soils, such as silts and clays, that have a higher water retention capacity than coarse-textured, rocky soil.
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On the high plateaus, lodgepole pine dominates forest vegetation on rhyolitic substrates, which are droughty, coarse-textured, and poor in nutrients.
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Upland forests flourished on coarse-textured, low-fertility soils that encouraged development of fire-driven ecosystems.
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Soils on natural levees are relatively coarse-textured, well-drained, and higher than those on levee back slopes and point bars; they grade to heavy, poorly-drained clays in abandoned channels and swales.
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Soils on natural levees are more coarse-textured, well-drained, and higher than those on levee back slopes and point bars.
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Soils derived from these materials are generally coarse-textured and nutrient-poor.
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"Baby Mama" is the kind of coarse-textured studio production that can make you cringe, though it will surely do big business; all the pieces of a reliable formula are in place.
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Soils on natural levees are relatively coarse-textured, well-drained, and higher than those on levee back slopes and point bars; they grade to heavy, poorly-drained clays in abandoned channels and swales.
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Soils on natural levees are relatively coarse-textured, well-drained, and higher than those on levee back slopes and point bars; they grade to very heavy, poorly-drained clays in abandoned channels and swales.
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