Usually means: Plant that thrives in calcium-rich soils.
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  1. calciphile: Merriam-Webster
  2. calciphile: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. calciphile: Dictionary.com
  4. calciphile: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (calciphile)

▸ noun:  (botany) Any calciphilous plant

Similar:
calciphobe, calceolaria, calicophoran, calycophore, calycophoran, kalidium, cataphyllary, coccolithophore, cryptophyte, phytophile, more...

Opposite:
calciphobe, acidophile

Types:
plant, animal, fungus, lichen, bacteria, more...

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Similar:
calciphobe, calceolaria, calicophoran, calycophore, calycophoran, kalidium, cataphyllary, coccolithophore, cryptophyte, phytophile, more...

Opposite:
calciphobe, acidophile

Types:
plant, animal, fungus, lichen, bacteria, more...



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