Calcic
pertaining to or containing lime or calcium.
Historical Examples
Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I Arnold Cooley
The North American Slime-Moulds Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection Alexander Wynter Blyth
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection Alexander Wynter Blyth
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection Alexander Wynter Blyth
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection Alexander Wynter Blyth
adjective
of, containing, or concerned with lime or calcium
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