calcareous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling, containing, or composed of calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky.
    — The next morning I went to see the hot-springs and mud volcanoes, for which this place is celebrated. A picturesque path among plantations and ravines brought us to a beautiful circular basin about forty feet in diameter, bordered by a calcareous ledge, so uniform and truly curved, that it looked like a work of art.
  2. Growing in a chalky habitat.

词形变化

more calcareous comparative most calcareous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
calcareously calcareousness calcareous sponge corneo-calcareous noncalcareous semicalcareous subcalcareous uncalcareous
相关词
calciferous

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius (“of or pertaining to lime”), derived from calx (“lime”). Similar to calcium.
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