Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "silicious" yana da alaƙa da ko ƙunshi silica (wani sinadari wanda shine babban ɓangaren duwatsu, ƙasa, da yashi). Hakanan yana iya komawa ga wani abu da ke da babban abun ciki na siliki ko kuma sifa ta siliki.
In the silicious matter which the water deposits is perhaps the bony system, and in the still finer soil and organic matter the fleshy fibre or cellular tissue.
