OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 15530

calcareous

/kælˈkɛəɹi.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
calcáreo
Resembling or containing calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky.
Cellariiform, the orifices nearly confined to the convex frontal and lateral surfaces; the basal surface with a strong median calcareous keel, almost concealed by a flat membranous…
The traveller from the coast, who, after plodding northward for a score of miles over calcareous downs and corn-lands, suddenly reaches the verge of one of these escarpments[.]