marlacious

marlacious adjective: containing large quantities of marl.

Adjective

marlacious (comparative more marlacious, superlative most marlacious)

Containing large quantities of marl.
- Marlacious shales, limestones, and clays contain enough marl to give them some of its characteristics.1956, Robert William Abbett, American civil engineering practice - Volume 1, page 7-25
- In the Perigord, the structure of Upper Cretaceous limestones is highly variable according to temporal facies, alternating from dolomitic to marlacious (Laville 1973).1985, Randall White, BAR International Series - Issues 253-254, →ISBN, page 31

There is a real figurative homogeneity in the statuettes, even when fabricated from diverse raw materials (ivory and marlacious limestone for the Kostenki group).1993, Heidi Knecht, Anne Pike-Tay, Randall Keith White, Before Lascaux: The Complex Record of the Early Upper Paleolithic:
A new emotional wave splashed her—a wave called sinking through marlacious earth and discovery of coarse-grained pain in the rocks of the heart.2014, Vlasta Bartolić Vuk, Blue Photons of Zagreb, →ISBN:

comparative	more marlacious
superlative	most marlacious

From marl + -acious.

What does marlacious mean?: Marlacious means containing large quantities of marl.
How do you use marlacious in a sentence?: There is a real figurative homogeneity in the statuettes, even when fabricated from diverse raw materials (ivory and marlacious limestone for the Kostenki group).
What part of speech is marlacious?: Marlacious is an adjective.

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