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| lo·ess [ lṓ əss, less, luss ] |
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fine-grained soil: a fine-grained yellowish brown deposit of soil left by the wind. The loess deposited by winds from Central Asia provided the basis for productive farming in early China.
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| [Mid-19th century. < German Löss< Swiss German lösch "loose"] |
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