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arenaceous

/aɹəˈneɪʃəs/US/ɛɹəˈneɪʃəs/

arenaceous adjective: sandy; characterised by sand.

Adjective

arenaceous (comparative more arenaceous, superlative most arenaceous)

  1. (especially) Sandy; characterised by sand.
  2. Growing in sandy soil.
  3. Arenitic (relating to arenite)

arenaceous meaning in Tamil and Bengali

arenaceous in Tamil

மணல் போன்ற, மணற்பாங்கான, மணலில் வளர்கிற, மணலாலான, மணற்பாறையான, மணல்நிறை

arenaceous in Bengali

বালুকাময়, বালি দ্বারা বৈশিষ্ট্যযুক্ত, বালুকাময় মাটিতে জন্মানো, অ্যারেনিটিক

Forms of arenaceous

comparativemore arenaceous
superlativemost arenaceous

Origin of arenaceous

Borrowed from Latin arēnāceus, from arēna (“sand”).

Questions about arenaceous

What does arenaceous mean?
Arenaceous means sandy; characterised by sand.
What is arenaceous in Tamil?
Arenaceous in Tamil is மணல் போன்ற, மணற்பாங்கான, மணலில் வளர்கிற. See Arenaceous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is arenaceous?
Arenaceous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce arenaceous?
Arenaceous is pronounced /aɹəˈneɪʃəs/ (UK).

Words near arenaceous in the dictionary

  1. arena
  2. arena football
  3. arena ice
  4. arena rock
  5. Arenac County
  6. arenaceous
  7. arenae
  8. arenaful
  9. arenafuls
  10. arenalike
  11. arenarious

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arenaceous (page history and authors); arenaceous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arenaceous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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