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calciferous

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Adjective

HYPHEN

cal=cif=er=ous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective calciferous has 1 sense

calciferous(a = adj.pert) Array - bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite; Array

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CIDE DICTIONARY

calciferous, a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -ferous.].

Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime. [1913 Webster]

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.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

calciferous, adj. yielding calcium salts, esp. calcium carbonate.

Etymology

L CALX lime + -FEROUS

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