lixiviate
Meanings
Verb
- To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach.
Adjective
- Of or relating to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
- Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.
Noun
Origin
- Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixivio, or formed from the root of lixivium, lixivia, from lixivius, from lix.
Modern English dictionary
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