e|lu|vi|um

e|lu|vi|um «ih LOO vee uhm», noun, plural -vi|a«-vee uh».

Geology. a deposit of soil, dust, etc., originating in the place where found through decomposition of rock, or drifted there by winds (opposed to alluvium).

╂[< New Latin eluvium < Latin ex- out + luere to wash; patterned on alluvium]