calcareous

suomi-englanti sanakirja

calcareous englannista suomeksi

1. kalkkinen

calcareous englanniksi

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

2. (quote-book)|title=(w)|publisher=Macmillan and Co.|year_published=|volume=I|location=London|page=405|passage=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.

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4. {{quote-book|en|year=1957|author=Sidney Frederic Harmer|title=The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition|page=1106

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6. Growing in a chalky habitat.