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CALCIFEROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does calciferous mean?
• CALCIFEROUS (adjective)
The adjective CALCIFEROUS has 1 sense:
1. bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
Familiarity information: CALCIFEROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
calcium (a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals)
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