Siliceous

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  • adjective. Containing, resembling, relating to, or consisting of silica.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See silicious.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling silica
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. relating to or containing or resembling silica
  • Word Usage
    "The researchers found that while a vast majority of the minerals that make up ash are highly reactive and soon decay, about two percent by volume are made up of a stable group of minerals called siliceous aggregates."
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