Caliche

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A crude sodium nitrate occurring naturally in Chile, Peru, and the southwest United States, used as fertilizer.
  • n. See sodium nitrate.
  • n. See hardpan.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer.
  • n. A layer of hard clay subsoil; hardpan.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. a stratum of calcium carbonate in the soil of an arid or semiarid region.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The local South American name of the native impure nitrate of soda (Chili saltpeter), of much importance in the commerce of South America.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
  • n. crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
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