Word: seolian
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...been conducting a series of experiments on the longevity of seeds. The greatest record so far established has been with seeds of the lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). These seeds were taken from the dried-up bed of a lake in Manchuria. The lake-bed had been covered with loess, seolian deposits of dust from the Gobi Desert. The depth and stratification of the deposit enabled a rough calculation of the age of the seeds to be made. The minimum age was set at 120 years and the probable age between 200 and 400 years. The seeds were germinated and the plants...
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