Thesaurus: calciferous

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1. a. Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.
2. adj. bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
3. Bearing producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime. Calciferouse epoch (Geol.), and 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 Grology.
4. Bearing producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.Calciferouse epoch (Geol.), and epoch in the American lower Siluriansystem, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludesto the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristicsin many of the beds. See the Diagram under Grology.
5. a. bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite