terrigenous
/teˈrɪdʒɪnəs/adjective
- Geology (of a marine deposit) made of material eroded from the land【地质】(海洋沉积)陆源的; 陆地的。
词源
late 17th cent. (in the sense 'produced from the earth, earth-born'): from Latin terrigenus (from terra 'earth' + -genus 'born') + -OUS.