Caliche
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- hardpan
- plural
- Caliches
- possessive
- Caliche's
- pluralpossessive
- Caliches'