calcareobituminous

adjective

Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen.

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Meanings

adjectivecalcareobituminous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableConsisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen.

    Here and there, also, deposits bearing testimony to the existence of fresh or brackish-water lagoons, filled with calcareobituminous mud

    1878, Sir Charles Lyell, Elements of Geology

Origin

From calcareo- + bituminous.

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