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Definition of Calciferous

Calciferous
Calciferous Cal*cif"er*ous, a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -ferous.] Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime. Calciferous epoch (Geol.), an epoch in the American lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under Geology.

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- Calciferous sandstone is an obsolete geological term relating to strata at the base of the Carboniferous formation, below the coal measures. The rocks...
- earthworms, possess a regionalization of the digestive track called calciferous glands, Kalkdrüsen, or glandes de Morren, that processes calcium and...
- kidstoni Calder (emended) and Genomo**** latens gen. et sp. nov. from the Calciferous Sandstone Series of Berwickshire." Transactions of the Royal Society...
- Queensland, a ghost town in Australia Calcifier, an agent of calcification Calciferous, a descriptor for some types of rocks Calciferol, or Vitamin D This disambiguation...
- – compacted remains of sea creatures and marine-deposited, ground up calciferous rock/soil debris. The Rhine (as the Urstrom) flows northeast into the...
- sections: east and west of Reading. North-east Berkshire has the low calciferous (limestone) m-shaped bends of the Thames south of which is a broader...
- Gateside in Fife, at the foot of West Lomond. It sits upon one of the calciferous sandstone outcrops of the Old Red Sandstone suie that exist around the...
- scientific presentation of this subject matter. It is made of white calciferous rock, possessing brackets on the top of the latter portion. Art and History...
- southern Africa and to Namibia. The plants generally grow in sandy or calciferous soils under low < 100 mm rainfall, that occurs in the winter. F. rhopalophylla...
- although these are not present in all species. The oesophagus includes "calciferous glands" that maintain calcium balance by excreting indigestible calcium...