Definition of caliche
1 : the nitrate-bearing gravel or rock of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
2 : a crust of calcium carbonate that forms on the stony soil of arid regions
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Origin and Etymology of caliche
American Spanish, from Spanish, flake of lime, from cal lime, from Latin calx — more at chalk
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