Calcigerous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing lime.

    "1839, R. Harlan, letter to the editor, J. V. C. Smith (editor), The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 20, page 72, These calcigerous tubes do not run in a straight line, but their general tendency is a curvature upwards, and, in addition to which, each line or tube is distinctly waved in itself."

Synonyms

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calciferouscalciferous

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"1839, R. Harlan, letter to the editor, J. V. C. Smith (editor), The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 20, page 72, These calcigerous tubes do not run in a straight line, but their general tendency is a curvature upwards, and, in addition to which, each line or tube is distinctly waved in itself."

Etymology

From Latin calcis (“genitive singular of calx (chalk, limestone)”) + -gerous (“bearing”); compare calciferous.

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