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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to or containing or resembling silica;
- Example: "gritrock is siliceous sandstone"
[syn: siliceous, silicious]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Siliceous \Si*li"ceous\, a. [L. siliceus, fr. silex, silicis, a flint.] Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature. [Written also silisious.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

siliceous adj 1: relating to or containing or resembling silica; "gritrock is siliceous sandstone" [syn: siliceous, silicious]