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caliche

[ kuh-lee-chee ]

noun

Geology.
  1. a surface deposit consisting of sand or clay impregnated with crystalline salts such as sodium nitrate or sodium chloride.
  2. a zone of calcium carbonate or other carbonates in soils of semiarid regions.


caliche

/ 办忙藞濒颈藧迟蕛瑟 /

noun

  1. Also calledcalcrete a bed of sand or clay in arid regions cemented by calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, and other soluble minerals
  2. a surface layer of soil encrusted with calcium carbonate, occurring in arid regions Also calledduricrust
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

caliche

  1. See hardpan
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of caliche1

1855鈥60; < Spanish: flake of lime, equivalent to cal lime (< Latin calc-; chalk ) + -iche noun suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of caliche1

C20: from American Spanish, from Latin calx lime
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鈥淧lants themselves sequester carbon but in the desert soils there鈥檚 this caliche layer,鈥 Dashiell says.

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Everybody that is lower middle class to lower class in El Salvador, we are very proud of our caliche.

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As of early November, through Woodward鈥檚 efforts, the gravel road to the crossing has been improved and a large area has been cleared and covered with caliche.

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Expect gooseberry, pink grapefruit and minerality thanks to the caliche soils these vines grow in.

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The more than 3-acre plot of state trust land near Eunice hasn鈥檛 been leased since the 1970s when it was mined for shallow deposits of limestone known as caliche.

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