Word: gleization
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: glei
za
tion
Definition: formation of a gley soil; a wetland soil (hydric soil) that unless drained is saturated with groundwater for long enough to develop a characteristic gleyic colour pattern
Morphemes:
Affix: gley
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective
Affix: -ation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A state or quality