a. [f. L. calc(i)- lime + -FEROUS. Cf. F. calcifère.] Yielding or containing (carbonate of) lime. (Chiefly Geol.)
1799. Kirwan, Geol. Ess., 436. An effervescent calciferous clay.
1836–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., II. 380/2. This calciferous fluid forms a layer of shell.
1876. Page, Adv. Text-bk. Geol., xvii. 314. Some beds of calciferous sandstone.
