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Argillaceous adj. Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.

Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay.

Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone.

Argillaceous schist or Argillaceous state. See Argillite.

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Etymology of 'Argillaceous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the argillaceous bed which nature has assigned to it, sometimes swollen by storms, the Mississippi waters 2,500 miles in its course.[5] At the distance of 1,364 miles from its mouth this river attains an average depth of fifteen feet; and it is navigated ...

— American Institutions and Their Influence • Alexis de Tocqueville et al

... 800 m. above its mouth, without finding a single rapid. Cuemby is only 200 m. from the Pacific Ocean, in a straight line, passing through the town of Pasto in southern Colombia. There was not a stone to be seen up to the base of the Andes; the river banks were of argillaceous earth and the bottom ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

Words linked to "Argillaceous" : argillaceous rock, argil, arenaceous