calcareous

calcareous englannista suomeksi

1. kalkkinen

calcareous englanniksi

1. Resembling or containing carbonate or limestone; chalky.

2. (quote-book)|title=(w)|publisher=James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co.|location=London|volume=1|page=15|passage=The traveller from the coast, who, after plodding northward for a score of miles over calcareous downs and corn-lands, suddenly reaches the verge of one of these escarpments.