Caliche

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  • noun. A mineral deposit rich in sodium nitrate occurring naturally in Chile, Peru, and the southwest United States, and used as fertilizer, in explosives, and as a raw material for manufacturing nitric acid.
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  • noun. The accretions of calcium carbonate in soil.
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    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The local South American name of the native impure nitrate of soda (Chili saltpeter), of much importance in the commerce of South America.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. a stratum of calcium carbonate in the soil of an arid or semiarid region.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer.
  • noun. A layer of hard clay subsoil; hardpan.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
  • noun. crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
    • Word Usage
    "The term caliche is Spanish and is originally from the Latin calx, meaning lime."
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