The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arenaceous \Ar`e*na"ceous\, a. [L. arenaceus, fr. arena sand.] Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of soil English) sandy. 2 (context of a plant English) Growing in sandy soil. 3 (context geology English) arenitic.
WordNet
adj. resembling or containing sand; or growing in sandy areas; "arenaceous limestone"; "arenaceous grasses" [syn: sandy, sandlike] [ant: argillaceous]
Usage examples of "arenaceous".
Probably nine tenths of all the coast lines of the open ocean are formed of arenaceous material.
England, and is surmounted by the oliferous marls and red arenaceous beds which pass under the succession of great oolitic terraces that stretch across England from the coasts of Dorsetshire to the north-eastern coast of Yorkshire.