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Definition of Calcareous
1. Adjective. Composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk.
Definition of Calcareous
1. a. Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime.
Definition of Calcareous
1. Adjective. Resembling or containing calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky. ¹
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Definition of Calcareous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Calcareous
1. Chalky; relating to or containing lime or calcium, or calcific material. Origin: L. Calcarius, pertaining to lime, fr. Calx, lime (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcareous
Literary usage of Calcareous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to Economic Geology (short Papers and Preliminary Reports) 1917 by F. L. Ransome, E F Burchard, Hoyt S Gale, Geological Survey (U.S.), David White, Geological Survey (U.S. (1918)
"Clay, gray, highly calcareous, too grained, gypsum bearing Same as above, with
thin yellow layers of chalky limestone Clay, marl, light gray, chalky Same, ..."
2. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1908)
"The hard parts of calcareous organisms are composed of calcite or ... amount of
non-calcareous material; either sand-grains (calcareous grit) or finer ..."
3. The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as by Francis Henry Egerton Bridgewater (1836)
"White calcareous spar, filling the middle region only of the air chambers. d.
Stratified zones of dark coloured calcareous spar, deposited in equal ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1857)
"On the Magnesian Limestone having been formed by the alteration of an ordinary
calcareous deposit. By HC SOBBY, FGS It is well known that crystals of ..."
5. Reports ... 2d Series by International Labour Office, United States Tariff Commission (1915)
"Sandstone, or sandy shale, drab, micaceous and non-calcareous with argillaceous
portions 11 361 Shale, drab, arenaceous and argillaceous, with mica, ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"This-is one of the most important types as exhibiting the arborescent and encrusting
form of growth. It is fairly abundant.] . calcareous spine« (hollow) ..."
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