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calcigerous

calcigerous adjective: containing lime.

Adjective

calcigerous (comparative more calcigerous, superlative most calcigerous)

  1. Containing lime.
    • 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.1839, R. Harlan, letter to the editor, J. V. C. Smith (editor), The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 20, page 72
    • The cement is traversed by numerous fine calcigerous tubes continued in many parts from those of the hard dentine, but having a less regular course, which is however generally at right angles to the surface: they terminate principally in minute branches, which form a rich plexus around the...1842, Richard Owen, Description of the Skeleton of an Extinct Gigantic Sloth: Mylodon robustus, Owen
    Synonyms:
    calciferous

Synonyms of calcigerous

Forms of calcigerous

comparativemore calcigerous
superlativemost calcigerous

Origin of calcigerous

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

Words that rhyme with calcigerous

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Questions about calcigerous

What does calcigerous mean?
Calcigerous means containing lime.
What part of speech is calcigerous?
Calcigerous is an adjective.

Words near calcigerous in the dictionary

  1. calcifuges
  2. calcifugous
  3. calcify
  4. calcifying
  5. calcigenous
  6. calcigerous
  7. calcilutite
  8. calcilutites
  9. calcilutitic
  10. calcilytic
  11. calcilytics

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