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Definition of Arenaceous
1. Adjective. Resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas. "Arenaceous grasses"
Definition of Arenaceous
1. a. Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.
Definition of Arenaceous
1. Adjective. (context: of soil) Sandy. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a plant) Growing in sandy soil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arenaceous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Arenaceous
1. Sandy; of sand-like consistency. Origin: L. Arena, sand (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arenaceous
Literary usage of Arenaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering and Soils by George Perkins Merrill (1906)
"(3) The Calcareous group — arenaceous and brecciated limestones. The rocks of
this group are ... arenaceous, from the Latin arenaceous, sandy or sand-like; ..."
2. Elements of Geology by Charles Lyell (1845)
"Of these, the arenaceous, or sandy masses, are chiefly made up of siliceous ...
arenaceous or siliceous rocks.—To speak first of the sandy division : beds ..."
3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1865)
"Yellowish-brown arenaceous limestone (nodular) ... ... 06 59. arenaceous shale,
with partings of a red color ... ... 4 0 60. ..."
4. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1885)
"They consist of (A.) an arenaceous series at the base ; (B.) a middle series,
partly calcareous and partly arenaceous ; and (C.) a calcareous series at the ..."
5. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1855)
"Mineral composition of strata—arenaceous rocki—Argillaceous—Calcareous— Gypsum —
Forms ... Of these, the arenaceous, or sandy masses, are chiefly made up of ..."
6. American Geology: Containing a Statement of the Principles of the Science by Ebenezer Emmons (1875)
"The shore deposits are more thoroughly arenaceous than the more distant depths
... Looking upon the present as a type of the past, we see in the arenaceous ..."
7. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology by Charles Doolittle Walcott (1908)
"Shaly and thin-bedded arenaceous limestone with intercalated reddish brown sandy
... Dark lead-gray, arenaceous limestone, with numerous irregular annelid ..."
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