pluvial
plu·vi·al (pl
v
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l)
adj.
1. Of or relating to rain; rainy.
2. Geology Marked or formed by abundant rainfall: pluvial periods; a pluvial lake.
n. Geology
An extended period of abundant rainfall, especially such a period of the Pleistocene Epoch.
[Latin pluvi
lis, from pluvia, rain; see pluvious.]
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