Dictionary entry

Alluvium

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Al‐lu″vi‐um (�), n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia (�). [L., neut. of alluvius. See Alluvious.] (Geol.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Lyell.