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CALICHE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does caliche mean?
• CALICHE (noun)
The noun CALICHE has 2 senses:
1. crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
2. nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
Familiarity information: CALICHE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
caliche; hardpan
Hypernyms ("caliche" is a kind of...):
dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("caliche" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)
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