Usually means: Containing calcium carbonate; chalky composition.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word calcareous:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. calcareous: Merriam-Webster
  2. calcareous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. calcareous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. calcareous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. calcareous: Vocabulary.com
  6. Calcareous, calcareous: Wordnik
  7. calcareous: Wiktionary
  8. calcareous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. calcareous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. calcareous: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. calcareous: Dictionary.com
  12. Calcareous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. calcareous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. calcareous: Rhymezone
  15. Calcareous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. calcareous: FreeDictionary.org
  17. calcareous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. calcareous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. Calcareous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. calcareous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. calcareous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. calcareous: Medical dictionary

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Calcareous: USGS Paleontology Glossary of Terms
  3. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)
  5. calcareous: Natural History Terms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (calcareous)

adjective:  Resembling or containing calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky.

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