terraqueous

Chiefly in terraqueous globe (that is, the Earth): consisting of both land and water.

The Terraqueous Globe comprehending Sea and Land, Rivers and Lakes, ſtands divided by modern Geographers into tvvo Semi-Orbs, viz. the Old, and Nevv VVorld.

[T]here may poſſibly be One Plastick Inconſcious Nature, in the vvhole Terraqueous Globe, by vvhich Vegetables may be ſeverally organized and framed, and all things performed vvhich tranſcend the Povver of Fortuitous Mechaniſm.

Relating to, or taking place on, both land and water.

Thus the vicissitudes of the land and ocean, portrayed in the tertiary formations, harmonise perfectly with other terraqueous phenomena of the same geological period.

Spirit of light and darkness! I no less / Twy-natured, but of more terraqueous mould, / In whom conflicting powers proportion hold / With poise exact, before thy proud excess / Of beauty perfect and pure lawlessness / Quail self-confounded; neither nobly bold / To dare for thee damnation, nor so cold / As to endure unscathed thy fiery stress.

Of a plant: living in both land and water; amphibious.

Among a large number of terraqueous plants, cellulose and lignin are dominant in nature.