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calcareous
[ kal-kair-ee-uhs ]
adjective
- of, containing, or like calcium carbonate; chalky:
calcareous earth.
calcareous
/ kælˈkɛərɪəs /
adjective
- of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
calcareous
/ kăl-kâr′ē-əs /
- Composed of or containing calcium or calcium carbonate. Calcareous rocks contain as much as 50 percent calcium carbonate.
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Other Words From
- cal·care·ous·ly adverb
- cal·care·ous·ness noun
- noncal·care·ous adjective
- subcal·care·ous adjective
- uncal·care·ous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calcareous1
1670–80; variant of calcarious < Latin calcārius of lime; calx, -ary ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calcareous1
C17: from Latin calcārius, from calx lime
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Example Sentences
The rocks of the island are principally calcareous and in a very advanced state of decomposition.
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Calcareous incrustations, including fragments of madrepores, and of shells, cemented by splintery carbonate of lime.
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Along this road there are extensive tracts of ground covered with calcareous petrifactions.
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The summits of the calcareous hills which stretch eastward from the great chain of the Cordillera are broken and rugged.
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The tests of other creatures largely calcareous may well have been dissolved before reaching the sea-floor.
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