Tertio modo dicitur terra, quae est mixta, in qua seri potest quid et nasci, ut argillosa aut lapidosa, sic aliae, cum in hac species non minus sint multae quam in illa communi propter admixtiones.
It is used in the third or mixed sense, of the element in which seed can be planted and germinate'such as clay soil, rocky soil, etc. In this last sense of the word there are as many varieties of earth as when it is used in the general sense, on account of the different combinations of substances.
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