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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hydrated calcium nitrate mineral that forms as an efflorescence where manure contacts concrete or limestone in a dry environment, as in stables or caverns. uncountable
2. 2
   the mineral form of calcium nitrate wordnet

Etymology

From nitro- + calcite.

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