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arenaceous

[ ar-uh-ney-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. Geology, Petrology. (of rocks) sandlike; sandy.
  2. Botany. growing in sand.


arenaceous

/ ˌæ°ùɪˈ²Ô±ðɪʃə²õ /

adjective

  1. (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of sand or sandstone Compare argillaceous rudaceous
  2. (of plants) growing best in a sandy soil
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arenaceous

/ ă°ù′ə-²ÔÄå′²õ³óÉ™²õ /

  1. Resembling, derived from, or containing sand.
  2. Growing in sandy areas.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of arenaceous1

1640–50; < Latin ( h ) ²¹°ùŧ²Ô²¹³¦±ð³Ü²õ. See arena, -aceous
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of arenaceous1

C17: from Latin ³ó²¹°ùŧ²ÔÄ峦±ð³Ü²õ sandy, from ³ó²¹°ùŧ²Ô²¹ sand
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The greatest proportionate deficiency, however, is observable in the arenaceous region between the Danube and Theiss, where for the most part only periodical floods occur.

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These fossils occur in grey earthy limestone, near its junction with the red arenaceous limestone already described.

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The common sand-carex and other arenaceous plants bind the loose sand-dunes of our coasts, and give them a permanence, which would at once be destroyed were the sand laid bare again to storms.

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By experiment, I found a portion of the lower arenaceous part almost completely soluble, in the cold, in nitro-sulphuric acid; and the actual residuum was, in part, owing to a defect in trituration.

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Xenophyophoridae are a small group of bottom-dwelling Sarcodina which show a certain resemblance to arenaceous Foraminifera, though observations in the living state show that the character of the pseudopodia is lacking.

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