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From Russian чернозём (černozjóm), "black soil", letter "ё" is usually written as "е" in Russian, more accurately transliterated as "chernozyom", also cf. Черноземье (Černozémʹje) where "ё" is changed to "е".
- A fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.
black-coloured soil containing a high percentage of humus