Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Living upon limestone: applied to certain lichens.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Eroding, or eating into, limestone.

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  • adjective Tending to erode limestone.

Etymologies

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Latin calx lime + vorare to devour.

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