calcareous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Resembling, containing, or composed of calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky.

   The next morning I went to see the hot-springs and mud volcanoes, for which this place is celebrated. A picturesque path among plantations and ravines brought us to a beautiful circular basin about forty feet in diameter, bordered by a calcareous ledge, so uniform and truly curved, that it looked like a work of art.

2. 2
   adj

   composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk

3. 3
   adj

   Growing in a chalky habitat.

Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius (“of or pertaining to lime”), derived from calx (“lime”). Similar to calcium.

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