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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: caliche (0.00888 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to caliche.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: caliche
caliche
n 1: crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with
calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
[syn:
hardpan]
2: nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate
deposits of Chile and Peru
English → English (gcide)
Definition: caliche
caliche
\ca*li"che\ (k[.a]*l[=e]"ch[-e]), n.
1. a deposit of sand or clay on the surface containing
crystallized salts such as sodium chloride or sodium
nitrate; -- used especially of the sodium nitrate deposits
of Chile and Peru. --RHUD
[PJC]
2. a stratum of calcium carbonate in the soil of an arid or
semiarid region.
[PJC]
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