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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| echard |
| SYLLABICATION: | ec·hard |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   k härd |
| NOUN: | Soil water not available for absorption by plants. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek ekhein, to hold back; see segh- in Appendix I + ardeia, irrigation (from ardein, to irrigate). |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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