Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A plant that thrives in soil rich in lime.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Growing upon limestone: said of lichens.
- Same as
calcicolous .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
plant that thrives in a soil rich inlime orchalk , but cannot tolerateacidic conditions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : calci-, calcium (from Latin calx, calc-, lime; see calx) + -cole, -dwelling (from Latin -cola; see –colous).]
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