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petrocalcic

petrocalcic adjective: of or relating to a kind of soil horizon formed when secondary calcium carbonates or other carbonates accumulate in the subsoil to the extent that the soil becomes cemented into a hardpan.

Adjective

petrocalcic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a kind of soil horizon formed when secondary calcium carbonates or other carbonates accumulate in the subsoil to the extent that the soil becomes cemented into a hardpan.

Origin of petrocalcic

From petro- + calcic.

Questions about petrocalcic

What does petrocalcic mean?
Petrocalcic means of or relating to a kind of soil horizon formed when secondary calcium carbonates or other carbonates accumulate in the subsoil to the extent that the soil becomes cemented into a hardpan.
What part of speech is petrocalcic?
Petrocalcic is an adjective.

Words near petrocalcic in the dictionary

  1. petroboloi
  2. petrobolos
  3. Petrobrusian
  4. Petrobrusianism
  5. Petrobrusians
  6. petrocalcic
  7. petrocapitalism
  8. petrocarbon
  9. Petrocelli
  10. Petrocellis
  11. petrochem

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