argillaceous

/ahr-juh-ley-shuhs/US // ˌɑr dʒəˈleɪ ʃəs //UK // (ˌɑːdʒɪˈleɪʃəs) //

泥灰质,黏土质,粘土质,泥质

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Geology, Petrology. of the nature of or resembling clay; clayey.
- : containing a considerable amount of clayey matter.

Its soil is often a hard, cracked, and parched clay rather than a waste of sand, and it constitutes an argillaceous table-land.
I also picked up a detached mass of argillaceous oxide of iron, and some fragments of striped hornstone.
Argillaceous Rocks are rocks in which clay prevails (including shales and slates).
Its powder is a light red, and emits an argillaceous odor when wetted.
The substratum of these ridges is an argillaceous, compact soil of the eldest formation.