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caliches

caliches is the plural of caliche.

Meaning of caliche

Noun

caliche (countable and uncountable, plural caliches)

  1. A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer.
  2. A layer of hard clay subsoil or sedimentary rock; hardpan.
    • According to local well drillers, in wells drilled on the high plains a few hundred feet back from the caliche escarpment or in other locations on the high plains in this area no hard caliche or white layer, such as would characterize a soft layer of high lime-carbonate content, is generally...1929, Soil Survey of Potter County, Texas, US Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, page 44

Questions about caliches

What is caliches the plural of?
Caliches is the plural of caliche.

Words near caliches in the dictionary

  1. calicene
  2. calices
  3. caliche
  4. calicheamicin
  5. calicheamicins
  6. caliches
  7. calichon
  8. calichons
  9. caliciaceous
  10. caliciform
  11. calicinal

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