Siliceous

//sɪˈlɪ.ʃəs// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling silica or silicates.
  2. 2
    Comprised of biogenic silicate minerals. Contrasted with the inorganic term siliciclastic.
Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or containing or resembling silica wordnet

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silicaceoussilicious

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"A trepanned skull was also discovered in a Neolithic sepulchre near Crécy-sur-Morin, where lay no less than thirty skeletons, remarkable for the strongly defined section of the tibiae, whilst around were strewn hatchets, flint knives, bones, stilettos and picks of siliceous limestone with handles made of pieces of stag-horn."

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