argillaceous
Meanings
adj
- Pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay; clayey.
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Etymology
From Latin argillaceus, from argilla (“clay”), from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “white clay, potter's earth”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”).
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