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caliche

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Noun
 : 
ca=li=che

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun caliche has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

calichen. 
  •  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.  [PJC]
  •  a stratum of calcium carbonate in the soil of an arid or semiarid region.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

caliche, n.
1 a mineral deposit of gravel, sand, and nitrates, esp. Chile saltpetre, found in dry areas of America.
2 = CALCRETE.

Etymology
Amer. Sp.
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