(from the article `loess`) ...of a mineral mass without loess properties, perhaps with a high silt and lime content, which under weathering and soil formation acquires loess ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/200
(sin-jen´ә-sis) the origin of an individual from a germ derived from both parents, as occurs in nearly all higher animals, and not from just one alone. the state of having descended from a common ancestor. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
Syn·gen'e·sis noun [ Prefix syn- + genesis .] (Biol.) A theory of generation in which each germ is supposed to contain the germs of all subsequent generations; -- the opposite of epigenesis . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/266