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PRONUNCIATION OF CALCIFUGOUS

calcifugous  [kælˈsɪfjəɡəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CALCIFUGOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Calcifugous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CALCIFUGOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Calcifuge

A calcifuge is a plant that does not tolerate alkaline soil. The word is derived from the Latin 'to flee from chalk'. These plants are also described as ericaceous, as the prototypical calcifuge is the genus Erica. It is not the presence of carbonate or hydroxide ions per se that these plants cannot tolerate, but the fact that under alkaline conditions, iron becomes less soluble. Consequently, calcifuges grown on alkaline soils often develop the symptoms of iron deficiency, i.e. interveinal chlorosis of new growth. There are many horticultural plants which are calcifuges, most of which require an 'ericaceous' compost with a low pH, composed principally of Sphagnum moss peat. A plant that thrives in lime-rich soils is known as a calcicole.

Definition of calcifugous in the English dictionary

The definition of calcifugous in the dictionary is lime-hating.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CALCIFUGOUS


analogous
əˈnæləɡəs
anthropophagous
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
anthropophagus
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
antilogous
ænˈtɪləɡəs
Areopagus
ˌærɪˈɒpəɡəs
asparagus
əˈspærəɡəs
autologous
ɔːˈtɒləɡəs
esophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
heterologous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒləɡəs
homologous
həʊˈmɒləɡəs
lithophagous
lɪˈθɒfəɡəs
meliphagous
mɪˈlɪfəɡəs
nonhomologous
ˌnɒnhəʊˈmɒləɡəs
oesophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
ophiophagous
ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs
pantophagous
pænˈtɒfəɡəs
physiologus
ˌfɪzɪˈɒləɡəs
phytophagous
faɪˈtɒfəɡəs
polyphagous
pəˈlɪfəɡəs
sarcophagus
sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CALCIFUGOUS

calcicole
calcicolous
calciferol
calciferous
calcific
calcification
calcified
calcifies
calcifugal
calcifuge
calcify
calcigerous
calcimine
calcinable
calcination
calcine
calcinosis
calcite
calcitic
calcitonin

WORDS THAT END LIKE CALCIFUGOUS

azygous
bijugous
dendrologous
entomophagous
fungous
hematophagous
hemizygous
heterozygous
homozygous
humongous
humungous
lucifugous
melliphagous
multijugous
nidifugous
omophagous
rugous
scatophagous
tautologous
wrongous

Synonyms and antonyms of calcifugous in the English dictionary of synonyms

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CALCIFUGOUS»

The term «calcifugous» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.647 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CALCIFUGOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about calcifugous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CALCIFUGOUS»

Discover the use of calcifugous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to calcifugous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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British Plant Communities
... 4 Dryas ociopetala-Silene acaulis ledge community 267 Calcifugous grasslands and montane communities INTRODUCTION TO CALCIFUGOUS GRASSLANDS AND MONTANE COMMUNITIES 277 The sampling of calcifugous grasslands ...
J. S. Rodwell, 1998
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Journal of Agricultural Research
observations do not deal directly with chlorosis, all are related to this subject, since calcifugous plants are often chlorotic on calcareous soils and since an exposition of the causes of chlorosis may afiord an explanation of the calcifugous  ...
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British Plant Communities: Volume 3, Grasslands and Montane ...
The sampling of calcifugous grasslandsand montane vegetation Compared with their calcicolous counterparts, swards with a prevailingly calcifuge flora, long known in Britain as acid or acidic grasslands, have commanded somewhat sporadic ...
John S. Rodwell, 1992
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Fungal Conservation: Issues and Solutions
Numbers of indicator species recorded at different grassland types categorised using the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) NVC grassland type Number of species recorded Calcicolous grassland CG 10 Calcifugous grassland U4a 2 ...
David Moore, Marijke M. Nauta, Shelley E. Evans, 2008
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Lowland Grassland and Heathland Habitats
Table 2 1 1: Characteristics of NVC calcifugous (acid) grassland communities ( excluding sub-communities) WC code Community Title Location Comments U2 U3 U4 Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Rumex acetosella grassland (sheep's ...
Elizabeth Anne Clewett Price, 2003
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Tropical Freshwater Fish Aquariums:
Some need calcium and others do not. Calciphilious plants are the plants that require hard water and calcium all the time. Calcifugous plants are those that require slightly acidic water and soft water. Be careful not to place both types of plants ...
David Illes
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Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin
Calcicolous species and ecotypes tolerate iron deficiency, unlike calcifugous ones which display the so-called lime chlorosis syndrome. Various attempts ( Wacquant et Baus Picard 1987) to provoke lime-induced chlorosis of D. viscosa on ...
Francesco Di Castri, A.J. Hansen, M Debussche, 1990
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Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge: Ecology, Adaptive ...
Calcifugous Plants in Calcareous Soils? As mentioned earlier, in some cases cork oak does thrive on decalcified soils, on moderately alkaline soils with high base saturation in the low range of the carbonate buffer, which is not common for  ...
James Aronson, João Santos Pereira, Juli G. Pausas, 2012
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Dictionary of plant sciences (including horticulture)
Calcifugous Plants. Plants avoiding calcareous leads. Said of plants which are not found or which develop badly on calcareous soil. Such plants are also called siliceous because the land over which they grow are rich in free or combined ...
L. L. Somani, 1989
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Vegetation and Hydrology of Floating Rich-fens
Philonotis marchica, which Boros associates with lime (see the earlier quotation), is considered to be a tolerant, yet calcifugous species by Amann, as is P. fontana, but the latter species is also taken for a calcifugous one by Boros (p.337: 'in ...
Geert van Wirdum, 1991

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