Leached vs Supergene - What's the difference?
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(leach)
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A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
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(nautical)
To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
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To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
(genetics) A group of neighbouring genes on a chromosome that are inherited together because of close genetic linkage and are functionally related in an evolutionary sense.
(geology, of a mineral) leached and then deposited by descending waters
As a verb leached
is past tense of leach.As a noun supergene is
a group of neighbouring genes on a chromosome that are inherited together because of close genetic linkage and are functionally related in an evolutionary sense.As an adjective supergene is
leached and then deposited by descending waters.leached
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*leach
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Noun
(leaches)- "This is the leach ," said Kitty, pointing to a large, yellowish, upright wooden cylinder, which rested on some slanting boards, down the surface of which ran a brownish liquid that dripped into a trough.
Verb
- Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.