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of, relating to, or containing abundant silica
siliceous deposits
a siliceous clay
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(of plants) growing in or needing soil rich in silica
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Origin of siliceous
First recorded in 1650–60, siliceous is from the Latin word siliceus of flint or limestone. See silex, -eous
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Team members also utilized diatoms, a type of siliceous microalgae preserved within the sediments that is sensitive to changes in salinity, to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental changes that occurred following the 1964 earthquake.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2024
Such balls, called siliceous nodules or “Rokycany Balls,” are weathered out of the shales of the Šárka Formation.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2023
The monumentally sized, siliceous limestone, stack-rock formation lies at the tip of the Gaspe’ Peninsula, and off the shores of the town of Perce, Canada.
From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2017
The siliceous part of it may be used in forming spicules.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
The more argillaceous and the less siliceous the soil the more readily can balls of earth be retained about the roots.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
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