red clay

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   clay whose redness results from iron oxide

   Broaderclaymineral

Questions about red clay

What does red clay mean?

red clay means "clay whose redness results from iron oxide".

Is red clay a common word?

red clay is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.