a. rare. [f. L. *terrāneus (cf. subterrāneus), f. terra earth: see -OUS.] Of or pertaining to the earth; terrestrial.
a. 1711. Ken, Edmund, Poet. Wks. 1721, II. 210. As long as this terraneous Globe endur’d.
1725. Brice’s Weekly Jrnl., 26 Nov., 1. There may be some Sea-Shells dug at Land containing Terraneous Insects.
b. Bot. Growing upon land.
1882. in Ogilvie (Annandale).
