Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Calciferous \Cal*cif"er*ous\, a. [L. calx, calcis, lime +
-ferous.]
Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of
lime.
[1913 Webster]
Calciferous epoch (Geol.), an epoch in the American lower
Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian
period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of
calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the
beds. See the Diagram under Geology.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
calciferous
adj 1: bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium
carbonate or calcite