a. Chem. Also -geneous. [f. KALI + -GEN + -OUS; cf. F. kaligéneux.] Producing an alkali: said of metals that form alkalis with oxygen. Cf. ALKALIGENOUS.
1854. J. Scoffern, in Orr’s Circ. Sc., Chem., 438. The kaligenous metals, potassium and sodium … readily admit of welding.
c. 1865. J. Wylde, in Circ. Sc., I. 371/2. We shall divide them into three classes; namely, metals proper, kaligeneous, and terrigeneous.
