Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Native nitrate of calcium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efflorescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
hydrated calcium nitrate mineral that forms as anefflorescence wheremanure contactsconcrete orlimestone in a dry environment, as instables orcaverns .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the mineral form of calcium nitrate
Etymologies
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nitro- + calcite
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