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scoriaceous

scoriaceous adjective: of, relating to, or producing scoria; composed of scoria.

Adjective

scoriaceous (comparative more scoriaceous, superlative most scoriaceous)

  1. Of, relating to, or producing scoria; composed of scoria.
    • On the further side it is more elevated, of a bare and desolate aspect, with a slight depression marking the position of the crater. From this part descends a black scoriaceous tract; very rugged, and covered with a scanty vegetation of scattered bushes as far down as the sea. This is the lava of...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 5

Forms of scoriaceous

comparativemore scoriaceous
superlativemost scoriaceous

Origin of scoriaceous

From scoria + -aceous.

Questions about scoriaceous

What does scoriaceous mean?
Scoriaceous means of, relating to, or producing scoria; composed of scoria.
What part of speech is scoriaceous?
Scoriaceous is an adjective.

Words near scoriaceous in the dictionary

  1. scorfs
  2. scoria
  3. scoria cone
  4. scoria cones
  5. scoriac
  6. scoriaceous
  7. scoriae
  8. scorias
  9. scoriated
  10. scoriating
  11. scoriation

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