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SILICIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or containing or resembling silica
Example:
gritrock is siliceous sandstone
Synonyms:
siliceous; silicious
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
silica (a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite)
Derivation:
silica (a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite)
