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Noun: calcium hydrate  'kal-see-um 'hI,dreyt
  1. A caustic substance produced by heating limestone
    "calcium hydrate is used in the production of mortar and plaster";
    - calcium hydroxide, lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, caustic lime, lime hydrate

Type of: hydrated oxide, hydroxide

Encyclopedia: Calcium hydrate