Usually means: Organic-rich sediment in aquatic environments.
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  1. sapropel: Merriam-Webster
  2. sapropel: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sapropel: Vocabulary.com
  4. sapropel: Wiktionary
  5. sapropel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. sapropel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  8. sapropel: Dictionary.com
  9. Sapropel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  11. sapropel: FreeDictionary.org
  12. sapropel: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  14. sapropel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sapropel)

noun:  (geology) An aquatic sludge-like sediment rich in organic matter formed in oxygen-free areas at the bottom of lakes, seas etc.

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