CALICHE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
   Hypernyms(s) caliche is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rock (what does rock mean?)
   • stone (what does stone mean?)
2. Meaning
   • crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
   Synonym(s)
   • hardpan (what does hardpan mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) caliche is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • soil (what does soil mean?)
   • dirt (what does dirt mean?)