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SILICIOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Relating to or containing or resembling silica

Example:

gritrock is siliceous sandstone

Synonyms:

siliceous; silicious

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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)

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