"dark earth" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} dark earth
  1. Soil that is high in organic matter, including charcoal, indicating settlement and urbanization of an area when present as a horizon (i.e., a layer).
    Sense id: en-dark_earth-en-noun-gQtNlVUb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. Any of several brownish earth tone colors; the correspondence of color name to hexidecimal color code is not universally standardized across corporations. Related terms: black earth, chernozem, terra preta
    Sense id: en-dark_earth-en-noun-6OkSA3Vd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

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