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Definition of Calcifuge
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcifuge
Literary usage of Calcifuge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1921)
"... of iron absorbed by the calcifuge trees when grown on calcareous soil point
also to a deleterious influence upon the normal formation of chlorophyl. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... calcifuge 4~" are those which are found rarely or never on such soils. The of
lime on plants is less understood even than the effect of coa salt. ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"... and calcifuge species, it will be seen that, while the range of the ...
corresponds broadly with that of the calcifuge flora, the distribution of ..."
4. The English Rock-garden by Reginald John Farrer (1919)
"Campanula alpestris is their type; yet even this species, so apparently calcifuge
in nature, accepts a certain amount of lime in the garden. ..."
5. Handbook to the City of Dublin and the Surrounding District by Grenville Arthur James Cole, R. Lloyd Praeger (1908)
"You have left behind you with the drift its typical limestone species, and have
entered into a calcifuge region. The Common Broom is all around you in ..."
6. Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture by Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture (1901)
"When the grape leaves are examined, they appear to contain numerous crystals of
calcium oxalate, and, like other calcifuge plants, show a similar tendency ..."
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