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  argil argillite  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
argillaceous
 
SYLLABICATION:ar·gil·la·ceous
PRONUNCIATION:  ärj-lshs
ADJECTIVE: Containing, made of, or resembling clay; clayey.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin argillceus : argilla, argil; see argil + -ceus, -aceous.
 
 
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