red clay

/rɛd kleɪ/
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Other forms: red clays

Definitions of red clay
  1. noun
    clay whose redness results from iron oxide
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    type of:
    mineral
    solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
    clay
    a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
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