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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In geology, belonging to or derived from loess.

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  • Its loessial Alfisols, with silt or silt loam textures, contrast with the alluvial soils of the Northern Holocene Meander Belts (73a) and Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts (73h).

    Ecoregions of Louisiana (EPA) 2008

  • Exposed basalt or very shallow loessial soils over volcanics are characteristic and are either barren or sparsely covered by hardy shrubs and grasses.

    Ecoregions of Idaho (EPA) 2008

  • Its loessial Alfisols, with silt or silt loam textures, contrast with the alluvial soils of the Northern Holocene Meander Belts (73a) and Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts (73h).

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