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Definition of Calcifugous
1. Adjective. Growing or living in acid soil.
Antonyms: Calcicolous
Definition of Calcifugous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calcifugous
Literary usage of Calcifugous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... and calcifugous ran be regarded as satisfactory which falls to account for :
that both kinds of plants occur among aquatic as well as terrestrial plants ..."
2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1893)
"The calcifugous plants, on the contrary, may be exterminated by the application
of lime. If we consider that the proportion of calcareous matter in soils ..."
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