calcareous soil

  • 61calcicoles — n. any plant that is able to grow and flourish in calcareous soil …

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  • 62calcicole — [ kalsɪkəʊl] noun Botany a plant that grows best in calcareous soil. Derivatives calcicolous adjective Origin C19: from calci + L. colere inhabit …

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  • 63calcifuge — [ kalsɪfju:dʒ] noun Botany a plant that is not suited to calcareous soil. Origin C19: from calci + fuge …

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  • 64calcicole — cal•ci•cole [[t]ˈkæl sɪˌkoʊl[/t]] n. bot any plant capable of thriving in calcareous soil • Etymology: 1880–85; back formation from calcicolous growing in limy earth. See calci , colous cal•cic′o•lous ˈsɪk ə ləs adj …

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  • 65calcifuge — cal•ci•fuge [[t]ˈkæl səˌfyudʒ[/t]] n. bot any plant incapable of thriving in calcareous soil • Etymology: 1880–85 cal•cif′u•gous ˈsɪf yə gəs adj …

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  • 66dogwood — /ˈdɒgwʊd/ (say dogwood) noun 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus, especially C. sanguinea, a deciduous shrub of calcareous soil in Europe, family Cornaceae. 2. the wood of any such tree. 3. a name used for various unrelated plants which emit …

  • 67white beam — /waɪt ˈbim/ (say wuyt beem) noun a variable, deciduous tree, Sorbus aria, the leaves of which are densely hairy underneath, occurring on calcareous soil in western and southern Europe …

  • 68gar|rigue — «guh REEG», noun. an uncultivated land consisting of a calcareous soil overgrown with scrub oak and pine. Also, garigue. ╂[< French garrigue] …

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  • 69Lichens of Maryland — The following list of Lichens of Maryland is derived from the following sources: *(1) lichens listed in the 1977 publication by Skorepa (Allen C. Skorepa), Norden [http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/resshow/perry/bios/NordenArnold.htm] , and Windler. *(2)… …

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  • 70GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… …

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