English Explanatory Dictionary

calcareous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling, containing, or composed of calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky.
  2. Growing in a chalky habitat.

Pronunciation

/kælˈkɛəɹi.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-calcareous.wav

Word forms

calcareous more calcareous most calcareous

Etymology

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

Related words

calciferous

Derived words

calcareously calcareousness calcareous sponge corneo-calcareous noncalcareous semicalcareous subcalcareous uncalcareous
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