calcareous

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Resembling or containing calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky
{a} of the nature of lime, as chalk
– Made of calcium carbonate
Refers to substances containing or composed of calcium carbonate
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composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
Refers to materials, particularly soils, containing significant amounts of calcium carbonate
- groundwater where tufa (recrystallized calcium and magnesium carbonate deposits) forms
{s} containing lime or calcium
Soils which contain an appreciable amount of calcium carbonate, usually derived from limestone
Composed of or containing calcium carbonate
Having the qualities of or containing calcium carbonate In the case of Coral Calcium, having a special digested form of calcium carbonate that is highly bio-available See Cancer Study for varying results
- like or containing calcium carbonate, generally to a significant degree
(kal ker' s) A substance that contains calcium carbonate (CaCO3), calcium, or lime
consisting of or containing calcium or calcium carbonate
Chalky, containing calcium
Soil containing calcium carbonate
contains calcium carbonate
- Rich in the chemical compound calcium carbonate (CaCO3) For example, calcareous grassland develops on soils derived from calcium carbonate-rich rocks such as LIMESTONE
Generally alkaline soils
composed of or containing a substance made of calcium carbonate
Composed of, or containing lime or limestone
Any substance formed of or containing calcium carbonate Calcium carbonate can help maintain a high pH in aquarium water
Formed of calcium carbonate or magnesium carbonate by biological deposition or inorganic precipitation in sufficient quantities to effervesce carbon dioxide visibly when treated with cold 0 1 normal hydrochloric acid Calcareous sands are usually formed of a mixture of fragments of mollusk shell, echinoderm spines and skeletal material, coral, foraminifera, and algal platelets
Coated with lime; containing lime; growing in a limestone area Chalky white in colour [16] Having the composition of chalk: calcareous earth
Containing calcium carbonate
Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
calcareous sponge
Many sponges, of the class Calcarea, having skeletons composed of spicules of calcium carbonate
calcar
A small oven or furnace
calcar
A spur-like projecction
calcar
A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot
calcar
A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight
calcar
{i} spur-like projection
calcar
A spur, or spurlike prominence
calcar
A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit
calcar
A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla
calcareous

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    [ kal-'kar-E-&s, -'ker- ] (adjective.) 1677. From Latin calcārius (“of or pertaining to lime”), derived from calx (“lime”). Similar to calcium.
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