Another plural form of eluvium; accumulated weathered rock and mineral material at Earth's surface.
An alternative plural form of 'eluvium' using the Latin '-ies' ending, occasionally used in geological literature alongside the more common 'eluvia.'
Different geologists might write 'eluvia' or 'eluvies' and mean exactly the same thing—it's one of those scientific terms with competing plural forms that linguists find delightfully messy.
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