Biogenous (Adjective)
Meaning
Producing or produced by living things.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- Oil can seep from the ground as a biogenous product of ancient plant life.
- Biogenous sediments, such as coral reefs, are created by the accumulation of shells and skeletons of marine organisms.
- The rings of a tree trunk are a biogenous structure that grows outward as the tree ages.
- Biogenous rocks, such as limestone and coal, are formed from the remains or activities of living organisms.
- Many types of pearls are biogenous gemstones that form within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk.