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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
loess /ˈləʊɪs, ləːs/

▶noun Geology a loosely compacted yellowish-grey deposit of wind-blown sediment.

– derivatives
loessial adjective,
loessic adjective.

– origin C19: from Ger. Löss, from Swiss Ger. lösch ‘loose’.

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