Adobe /(ȧ*dō"bā̇)/

A·do·be

Adobe

n.
  1. An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.
  2. Earth from which unburnt bricks are made. [Western U. S.]
  3. Alluvial and playa clays of desert and arid regions, differing from ordinary clays of humid regions in containing carbonates and other soluble minerals. (Geol.)