rendzina, a dark, interzonal type of soil found in grassy or formerly grassy areas of moderate rainfall, on limestones, especially in chalklands. It is characterized by a brown to black, friable surface and a light grey or yellow, soft underlying horizon. Such soils are associated with terra rossa soils of Coonawarra in south australia. See geology.
ยฉ Jancis Robinson and Oxford University Press 1994, 1999, 2006, 2015
