calcic

American  

[kal-sik] / ˈkæl sɪk /

adjective

1. pertaining to or containing lime or calcium.

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calcic British  

/ ˈkælsɪk /

adjective

1. of, containing, or concerned with lime or calcium

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Etymology

Origin of calcic

First recorded in 1870–75; calc- + -ic

Example Sentences

In the former the calcic scales and crystals are distinct and quite as in L. tigrinum; in the latter they are cuboid, irregular.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Forms occur, however, in which these outer calcic deposits are almost entirely wanting; the peridium becomes transparent, the capillitium visible from without.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Cal′cify, to make calcic: to turn into bony tissue.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Capillitium irregularly reticulate throughout; calcic nodes various Physarum 2.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Precipitates from ferric sulphate, unlike calcic compounds, do not subsequently enter into putrefaction.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various