calcareous
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Origin of calcareous
1670–80; variant of calcarious < Latin calcārius of lime; see calx, -ary ( def. )
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Diverse landscapes with good connectivity between quarries and calcareous grasslands proved to be particularly valuable.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
Among other things, the researchers determined the isotopic and elemental composition of the calcareous shells of plankton.
From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2023
Though I had to swallow some disappointment to see it, Abbé’s fumaroles, built up over millennia by the accretion of calcareous mineral deposits, still presented an astonishing panorama.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2019
These are the familiar coral reefs, built by tiny colonial animals that farm symbiotic algae inside their calcareous skeletons and form mounds, branches, fingers, plates, and encrustations.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 2, 2017
I believe I smelled the sea rocks and the kelp and the excitement of churning sea water, the sharpness of iodine and the under odor of washed and ground calcareous shells.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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