Definitions for b horizon

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

B horizon(n.)

  1. the subsoil in a soil profile.

    Category: Geology

Origin of B horizon:

1935–40

Princeton's WordNet

  1. B-horizon, B horizon(noun)

    immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils


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