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Hardpan

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Noun

1. caliche, hardpan

crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hardpan

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noun
a hard impervious layer of clay below the soil, resistant to drainage and root growth

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Hardpan

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noun
1. 
a layer of hard soil cemented by almost insoluble materials that restrict the downward movement of water and roots
2. 
solid, unplowed ground
3.  US
the hard, underlying part of anything; solid foundation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hardpan

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n.
1. A layer of hard subsoil or clay. Also called caliche.
2. Hard, unbroken ground.
3. A foundation; bedrock.

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