earthlike

as in sandy
consisting or suggestive of earth the basket of garden-fresh mushrooms had that typically earthlike smell

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  • Sifting through the sandy dirt on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, archaeologists expected to find something.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Sea turtles, for example, haul themselves out onto beaches during breeding season to dig nests and plop dozens of eggs into the sandy divots before returning to the waves.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Earthlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthlike. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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