About The Word Calciferous
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Calciferous
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What's The Definition Of Calciferous?
[adj] bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
Synonyms | Synonyms for Calciferous: Related Terms | Find terms related to Calciferous: See Also | 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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