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Calciferous

Calciferous Meaning & Definition
Calciferous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Calciferous?

[adj] bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite

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Calciferous In Webster's Dictionary

\Cal*cif"er*ous\, a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -ferous.] Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime. {Calciferous epoch} (Geol.), an epoch in the American lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under {Geology}.

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