péng​tǔ​yán

bentonite

  • created sense approved 膨土岩 · péng​tǔ​yán · bentonite — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    膨土岩

    péng​tǔ​yán

    bentonite

    A type of soft, light-colored clay rock formed from volcanic ash; it absorbs water and expands significantly in volume.

    膨 (literal) → 膨 · péng · to expand 土 (literal) → 土 · tǔ · soil 岩 (literal) → 岩 · yán · rock

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense