Terrigenous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Derived from the land, especially by erosive action. Used primarily of sediments.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Derived from the erosion of land-based rocks.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Earthborn; produced by the earth.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In geology, derived from the land: said of sediments on the sea-bottom.
  • Earth-born; produced by the earth.
    • Word Usage
    "Modern terrigenous organic carbon input to the Arctic Ocean."
    Cross Reference
    terrigenous metals   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    earthborn   
     
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