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Definition of Calcicole
1. Noun. Any plant that thrives in a soil rich in lime or chalk, but cannot tolerate acidic conditions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calcicole
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcicole
Literary usage of Calcicole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"Limestone is very sparingly represented, and while the number of calcifuge plants
in the flora is large, the calcicole group is poorly represented. ..."
2. Flower Grouping in English, Scotch & Irish Gardens by Margaret H. Waterfield (1907)
"The group, I mean, of peculiarly lime-loving plants (calcicole is, I believe,
the orthodox term), of which a large number, almost unknown in a wild state ..."
3. Handbook to the City of Dublin and the Surrounding District by Grenville Arthur James Cole, R. Lloyd Praeger (1908)
"Within a very short space one can often pass from a typically calcicole to a ...
you note the abundance of such characteristic calcicole species as ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"FIG. 7.—ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION OP CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE. FIO. 8.—DISTRIBUTION OP
calcicole PLANTS. The result is somewhat unexpected. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1905)
"Almost everywhere the flora of the pasture-laud has a calcicole aspect, since,
even where the underlying rock is granite or slate, calcareous Boulder-clay ..."
6. The Physiology of Plants: A Treatise Upon the Metabolism and Sources of ...by Wilhelm Pfeffer by Wilhelm Pfeffer (1900)
"Bien qu'il ne soit pas essentiellement calcicole, il faut constater que le hêtre
n'arrive à être très beau et n'offre de très forts exemplaires que sur Je ..."
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