▪ I. mor Soil Sci.
(mɔə(r))
[Da., lit. ‘humus’ (adopted in this specific sense by P. E. Müller 1879, in Tidsskrift for Skovbrug III. 7): cf. moor n.1]
Humus which forms a discrete layer on top of the soil with little or no mineral soil mixed with it, which is characteristic of coniferous forests and is generally strongly acid in reaction. Cf. mull n.10
| 1931, 1952 [see mull n.10]. 1971 Nature 10 Sept. 133/1 Formation of the mor type of forest litter..has been attributed to a number of factors. 1974 [see mull n.10]. |
▪ II. mor
obs. form of moor, more.