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psammic

psammic adjective: of or pertaining to sand.

Adjective

psammic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to sand.
  2. Of or pertaining to the psammon.

Origin of psammic

From Ancient Greek ψᾰ́μμος (psắmmos, “sand”) + -ic.

Words formed from psammic

Questions about psammic

What does psammic mean?
Psammic means of or pertaining to sand.
What part of speech is psammic?
Psammic is an adjective.

Words near psammic in the dictionary

  1. psammaquent
  2. psammaquents
  3. psamment
  4. psamments
  5. Psammetichus
  6. psammic
  7. psamminid
  8. psamminids
  9. psammite
  10. psammites
  11. psammitic

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