Ferruginous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, containing, or similar to iron.
  • adj. Having the color of iron rust; reddish-brown.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Containing iron.
  • adj. Rusty.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Partaking of iron; containing particles of iron.
  • adj. Resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red, or yellowish red.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the color of iron-rust; light reddish brown.
  • Of the nature of or containing iron.
    • Word Usage
    "The series in America corresponding to this, entitled the ferruginous sand formation, presents fossils generally identical with those of"
    Form
    ferruginous hawk   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unconsolidated    siliceous    friable    calcareous    argillaceous   
     
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