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What does calcareous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Resembling or containing calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky.
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Similarly, some terricolous mosses are confined to calcareous soils in polluted areas, but are more widespread in non-polluted areas.
They feed on many types microscopic algae that grow on calcareous material, such as coral skeletons.
The unit consists of limestone or calcareous mudstone and was deposited in a fully marine environment.
The Atdabanian epoch saw the emergence of the calcareous shelled Nisusiidae, the earliest and most primitive of the articulate brachiopods.
Kidney stones are broadly categorised into calcareous stones, which are radio-opaque, and non-calcareous stones.
The 284 m section is composed of calcareous shales, argillaceous limestone, and limestone.

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