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Definition of Gypseous
1. a. Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.
Definition of Gypseous
1. Adjective. Containing gypsum ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gypseous
1. containing gypsum [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gypseous
Literary usage of Gypseous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America by George Brettingham Sowerby, William Lonsdale, Edward Forbes, Charles Darwin (1897)
"... gypseous formation milk Mi* ... conglomerate and gypseous formations— Gnat
subsidence with partial elevation* during the ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1845)
"Gotha, 1776, 8vo. Reviewed.—Monthly Review, vol. vp 214. ( To be continued.) ART.
V.—Some Observations on the Tubercular or gypseous disease of the Lower ..."
3. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1854)
"Subdivisions of the Eocene group in the Paris bk^in — gypseous series — Extinct
quadrupeds — Impulse given to geology by Cuvier's osteological discoveries ..."
4. The Southern Planter (1852)
"On the "green sand" or "gypseous earth" of lower Virginia as manure—and the facts,
and causes of effect or non-effect. 6th. On the properties and value of ..."
5. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1839)
"Gypsum and gypseous Marl of the Paris Basin, containing Bones of numerous extinct
Species of Land Quadrupeds.—Remarks on their Discovery and Organization hy ..."
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