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arenaceous

/ar-uh-ney-shuhs/US // ˌær əˈneɪ ʃəs //UK // (ˌærɪˈneɪʃəs) //

高炉,高温,高温天气,高龄产妇

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Geology, Petrology. sandlike; sandy.
    • : Botany. growing in sand.

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Examples

  • Probably nine tenths of all the coast lines of the open ocean are formed of arenaceous material.

  • Sand-dunes in deserts or on coasts are unconsolidated arenaceous rock-masses.

  • Arenaceous Rocks include all sediments in which quartz sand is the most important constituent.

  • The scenery of its coasts is in part arenaceous plains, and in part arable land, yielding corn to the Indians.

  • But there are other reasons for the comparative paucity of fossils in arenaceous strata, as we shall see presently.