Usually means: Plants that avoid calcareous (chalky) soils.
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  1. calcifuge: Merriam-Webster
  2. calcifuge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. calcifuge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. calcifuge: Collins English Dictionary
  5. calcifuge: Wordnik
  6. calcifuge: Wiktionary
  7. calcifuge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. calcifuge: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. calcifuge: Dictionary.com
  10. Calcifuge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. calcifuge: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. calcifuge: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. calcifuge: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (calcifuge)

▸ noun:  Any plant that does not thrive in a soil rich in lime or chalk

Similar:
calcicole, calcisol, calciphyte, calcifier, calcia, calctuff, breakstone, calc-tuff, phytolite, calctufa, more...

Opposite:
calcicole, calciphile

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Similar:
calcicole, calcisol, calciphyte, calcifier, calcia, calctuff, breakstone, calc-tuff, phytolite, calctufa, more...

Opposite:
calcicole, calciphile



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