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a chalky soil composed of calcium carbonate, calcium or limestone; called calcaire in France.
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Containing lime. Calcareous springs may, under the action of air and sunlight, deposit their dissolved matter to form limestones.
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| calcareous |
Having the qualities of or containing calcium carbonate. In the case of Coral Calcium, having a special digested form of calcium carbonate that is highly bio-available. See Cancer Study for varying results.
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| calcar |
(mu/wy, e)gkentri/j, Pollux, x.12), a spur. The Greek name for spurs was captain from the flies, which infest horses with their stings: hence the verb muwpi/zein, to spur (Xen. de Re Eq. viii.5, x.1, 2; Heliodor. ix. p432, ed. Commelin.). The Athenian gentry sometimes showed their conceit by walking about the Agora in spurs after riding (Theophrast. Char. xxi). Spurs were early used by the Romans, as appears from the mention of them in Plautus (Asin. iii.3.118) and Lucretius (v.1074). ...
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| calcareous |
containing base-rich materials or calcium.
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