SILICEOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does siliceous mean? 

• SILICEOUS (adjective)
  The adjective SILICEOUS has 1 sense:

1. relating to or containing or resembling silica

  Familiarity information: SILICEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILICEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or containing or resembling silica

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

siliceous; silicious

Context example:

gritrock is siliceous sandstone

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)