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Calciferous   Listen
adjective
calciferous  adj.  Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.
Calciferous epoch (Geol.), an epoch in the American lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under Geology.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Calciferous" Quotes from Famous Books



... Diagrammatic vertical section, etc., to show the calciferous pillars distinguishing the species, ...
— The North American Slime-Moulds • Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride



Words linked to "Calciferous" :   calcium



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