siliceous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or containing or resembling silica
    silicious.
    • gritrock is siliceous sandstone

WordNet


Si*li"ceous adjective
Etymology
L. siliceus, fr. silex, silicis, a flint.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature. Written also silisious.

Webster 1913