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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
calcareous /kalˈkɛːrɪəs/

▶adjective

1 containing calcium carbonate; chalky.

2 Ecology (of vegetation) occurring on chalk or limestone.

– origin C17: from L. calcarius (from calx, calc- ‘lime’) + -eous.

'calcareous' also found in these Oxford entries:

Aristotle's lantern - breccia - calcicole - calcifuge - calcrete - coccolith - coccolithophore - coral - coralline - corallite - globigerina - nummulite - otolith - sea pen - sea urchin - sinter - statolith - stromatolite - travertine

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