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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adobe \A*do"be\, n.
1. Earth from which unburnt bricks are made [Western U. S.]
2. (Geol.) Alluvial and playa clays of desert and arid
regions, differing from ordinary clays of humid regions in
containing carbonates and other soluble minerals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adobe \A*do"be\ ([.a]*d[=o]"b[asl]), n. [Sp.]
An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective,
as an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
adobe
n 1: the clay from which adobe bricks are made
2: sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates [syn: {adobe brick}]
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