molasse noun. [mǝ'las] L18.
[French formed as MOLASSES.]
Geology. A thickly-bedded sedimentary deposit consisting of soft ungraded sandstones, marls, conglomerates, etc. Orig. spec. (Molasse) such a deposit of Miocene to Oligocene age in the region between the Alps and the Jura.

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