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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alluvium \Al*lu"vi*um\, n.; pl E. {Alluviums}, L. {Alluvia}. [L., neut. of alluvius. See {Alluvious}.] (Geol.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. --Lyell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: alluvium n : clay or slit or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down [syn: {alluvial sediment}, {alluvial deposit}]
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