subjacent
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The least desirable positions for orchard planting are narrow valleys, particularly limestone valleys in a mountainous country, traversed by a small brook, or where the surface is spouty from springs or subjacent water.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
The portion immediately subjacent is called the subsoil, and it has considerable agricultural importance, and requires a short notice.
From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Thomas Anderson
Moreover, the movement of the gravel itself wears down the subjacent rocks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
In 1793 they were found in the subjacent Carboniferous system; in 1828 in the Devonian; in 1840 in the Upper Silurian.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
In from twenty-four to forty-eight hours a quantity of the germinating threads had bored through the walls and penetrated amongst the subjacent cells.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
