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Definition of: caliche
(kä·lē′chā) noun
1. The native, impure sodium nitrate of Chile, NaNO3; Chile salt-peter.
2. A calcareous sediment typical of soils in warm, semiarid, or desert regions. [<Am. Sp.]
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