argillaceous
Geology, Petrology. of the nature of or resembling clay; clayey.
containing a considerable amount of clayey matter.
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How to use argillaceous in a sentence
Its soil is often a hard, cracked, and parched clay rather than a waste of sand, and it constitutes an argillaceous table-land.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamI also picked up a detached mass of argillaceous oxide of iron, and some fragments of striped hornstone.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraftargillaceous Rocks are rocks in which clay prevails (including shales and slates).
Its powder is a light red, and emits an argillaceous odor when wetted.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftThe substratum of these ridges is an argillaceous, compact soil of the eldest formation.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
British Dictionary definitions for argillaceous
/ (ˌɑːdʒɪˈleɪʃəs) /
(of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc: Compare arenaceous (def. 1), rudaceous
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