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Word of the Day – Caliche

  • Noun: Caliche
    1.  a mineral deposit of gravel, sand, and nitrates, found especially in dry areas of South America
    2. an area of calcium carbonate formed in the soils of semiarid regions.
  • Synonyms:
    1. hard-pan
    2. stone
    3. dirt
    4. soil
  • Usage:
    1. “Finally, we arrived at a small white frame house with a caliche driveway.”
  • Encountered:
    1.  While reading the pre-publication edition of I Want to Live by Helen Imagene (Jean) Jones Felfe.  Jeanne Felfe has recently finished curating/editing the manuscript of this book that her mother wrote 40 years ago, but that was never published.  Stayed tuned for publication details.

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