Definitions
composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius (“of or pertaining to lime”), derived from calx (“lime”). Similar to calcium.
Used in a sentence
“The traveller from the coast, who, after plodding northward for a score of miles over calcareous downs and corn-lands, suddenly reaches the verge of one of these escarpments[.]”
“Instead, the spoil will be used in part to create 127 hectares of new calcareous grassland (alkaline grassland), woodland, wood pasture, and wetland habitats.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Chalky”10 letters
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