calcareous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: cal=car=e=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

calcareous, a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime. See Calx.].

 Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime.  [1913 Webster]

Calcareous spar. See as Calcite.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

calcareous, adj. (also calcarious) of or containing calcium carbonate; chalky.

Etymology

L calcarius (as CALX)

ROGET THESAURUS

calcareous

Gray

N gray, neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt, chiaroscuro, grisaille, Payne's gray, black, gray, grey, iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, somber, sad, pearly, russet, roan, calcareous, limy, favillous, silver, silvery, silvered, ashen, ashy, cinereous, cineritious, grizzly, grizzled, slate-colored, stone-colored, mouse-colored, ash-colored, cool.