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crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions

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  1. n. crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
  2. n. nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
  3. n:100 n. crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions n. nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru