Siliceous meaning

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Containing, resembling, relating to, or consisting of silica.
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Of, containing, or like silica.
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Growing in soil that has a large proportion of silica.
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Resembling or containing silica.
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(chemistry) Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling silica or silicates.
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Origin of siliceous

From Latin siliceus of flint from silex silic- flint

Sentence Examples

  • The surface soil is clay in which are embedded fragments of siliceous sandstone, used for millstones and constructional purposes; the subsoil is limestone.

  • The springs are principally alkaline, alkaline and siliceous, acidic, or acidic and hepatic (sulphurous).

  • His maps on the distribution of carbonates, siliceous deposits and manganese nodules form the basis of understanding oceanic sedimentology.

  • siliceous scree in the northwest Scottish Highlands.

  • mineral salts, especially calcium carbonate, often rich in acidic humous compounds, and characterized by oak and birch woods, siliceous pasture, and heaths with much acidic humus in the sandy soil.

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