petrocalcic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to a kind of soil horizon formed when secondary calcium carbonates or other carbonates accumulate in the subsoil to the extent that the soil becomes cemented into a hardpan.

Word forms

petrocalcic

Etymology

From petro- + calcic.

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