[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

alluvion \allu"vion\, n. f. alluvion, l. alluvio, fr. alluere
   to wash against; ad + luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. see
   lave.
   1. wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
      1913 webster

   2. an overflowing; an inundation; a flood. --lyell.
      1913 webster

   3. matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing
      water; alluvium.
      1913 webster

            the golden alluvions are there in california and
            australia spread over a far wider space: they are
            found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their
            beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast
            plains.                               --r. cobden.
      1913 webster

   4. law an accession of land gradually washed to the shore
      or bank by the flowing of water. see accretion.
      1913 webster
see also:
lave accretion 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

alluvion
     n 1: gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or
          deposit of sediment
     2: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
        normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual
        inundations" syn: flood, inundation, deluge
     3: clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and
        deposited where the stream slows down syn: alluvial
        sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium
see also:
flood inundation deluge alluvial sediment alluvial deposit alluvium 

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