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calcareous

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Adjective

HYPHEN

cal=car=e=ous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective calcareous has 1 sense

calcareous(a = adj.pert) chalky - composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk; Array

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CIDE DICTIONARY

calcareous, a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime. See Calx.].

Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. [1913 Webster]

Calcareous spar. See as Calcite.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

calcareous, adj. (also calcarious) of or containing calcium carbonate; chalky.

Etymology

L calcarius (as CALX)

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ROGET THESAURUS

calcareous

Gray

N gray, neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt, chiaroscuro, grisaille, Payne's gray, black, gray, grey, iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, somber, sad, pearly, russet, roan, calcareous, limy, favillous, silver, silvery, silvered, ashen, ashy, cinereous, cineritious, grizzly, grizzled, slate-colored, stone-colored, mouse-colored, ash-colored, cool.

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