siliceous adj 1: relating to or containing or resembling silica; "gritrock is siliceous sandstone" [syn: {siliceous}, {silicious}]
Siliceous \Si*li"ceous\, a. [L. siliceus, fr. silex, silicis, a flint.] Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature. [Written also {silisious}.] [1913 Webster]