Definition of Calcicolous

1. Adjective. Growing or living in soil rich in lime.

Antonyms: Calcifugous

Definition of Calcicolous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcicolous

calceins
calcemia
calceolaria
calceolate
calcergy
calces
calceus
calci-
calcia
calcian
calciborite
calcic
calcic water
calcicole
calcicoles
calcicolous (current term)
calcicosis
calcidiol
calcifediol
calciferol
calciferols
calciferous
calcific
calcific bursitis
calcific pancreatitis
calcification
calcification lines of Retzius
calcifications
calcified

Literary usage of Calcicolous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... (b) As to, saxicolous lichens, which occur on rocks and stones, they may be divided into two sections, viz. calcicolous and ..."

2. Handbook of Mosses: With an Account of Their Structure, Classification by James Eustace Bagnall (1886)
"Another very characteristic calcicolous moss is ... It may be mentioned, in passing, that when this or any other calcicolous species is intended to be ..."

3. Soil Conditions and Plant Growth by Edward John Russell (1917)
"... may result a " mild humus " if sufficient calcium carbonate is present to determine a calcicolous flora, or an " acid v humus " in the contrary event. ..."

4. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"... in so far as it docs not operate physically, can not be the cause of differences in the flora, for not only can calcicolous plants be cultivated in soil ..."

5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1919)
"... western Norway is varied by occasional outcrops of limestone (marble), which are in some cases large enough to support a distinctive calcicolous flora. ..."

6. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1902)
"P. coloured is one of our most distinctly calcicolous species of moss, while I', fontana is, I believe quite as markedly, a calcifuge. ..."

7. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"... very numerous weeds abound, such as all good meadow-grasses, bindweed (Convolvulus), Veronica, etc. calcicolous weeds are V,burnum Lantana, ..."

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