podzolize

Etymology

From podzol + -ize.

podzolize means to transform into podzol. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To transform into podzol.“Spruce strongly podzolizes the top horizons of carbonate soils.”
To become podzol.“The compensating factor, of course, is the unusually sandy, quartzose parent material which podzolizes with great ease.”