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caliche的意思

caliche

英 [k'lit] 美 [k'liti]
  • n. 生硝;钙质层

caliche

英文词源


caliche (n.)
sodium nitrate deposits in Chile and Peru, 1858, from American Spanish, from Spanish caliche "pebble in a brick," from Latin calx "pebble" (see chalk (n.)).