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calcariferous, a.|kælkəˈrɪfərəs| [properly f. L. calcar spur + -iferous; cf. F. calcarifère; the misuse (as if f. calc-) in 2 was app. due to thoughtless analysis of calc-arious as calcar-eous.] 1. ‘Bearing spurs’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). 2. catachr. for calciferous.
1853Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. III. xxxii. 387 M. Boussingault..calls the rock of the Morros a ‘problematic calcariferous gneiss’. 1881Syd. Soc. Lex., Calcariferous, containing, or mingled with, lime. |