HUMIC SUBSTANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does humic substance mean? 

• HUMIC SUBSTANCE (noun)
  The noun HUMIC SUBSTANCE has 1 sense:

1. an organic residue of decaying organic matter

  Familiarity information: HUMIC SUBSTANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMIC SUBSTANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An organic residue of decaying organic matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("humic substance" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "humic substance"):

fulvic acid (a yellow to yellow-brown humic substance that is soluble in water under all pH conditions)

humic acid (a dark brown humic substance that is soluble in water only at pH values greater than 2)

humin (a black humic substance that is not soluble in water)