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third-person singular simple present podzolizes, present participle podzolizing, simple past and past participle podzolized
(transitive) To transform into podzol. quotations examples
Spruce strongly podzolizes the top horizons of carbonate soils.
1970, American Chemical Society, Chemical abstracts: Volume 72
(intransitive) To become podzol. quotations examples
The compensating factor, of course, is the unusually sandy, quartzose parent material which podzolizes with great ease.
1998, Richard T. T. Forman, Pine Barrens: ecosystem and landscape, page 66