forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
calciferous in American English
(kælˈsɪfərəs)
adjective
producing or containing calcium, calcium carbonate, or calcite
Word origin
calci- + -ferous
calciferous in American English
(kælˈsɪfərəs)
adjective
1.
forming salts of calcium, esp. calcium carbonate
2.
containing calcium carbonate
Word origin
[1790–1800; calci- + -ferous]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cutout, infiltration, peanut, rationalism, stereotype-ferous is a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” “yielding,” “containing,” “conveying,”used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix -ferous include: coniferous, pestiferous