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"alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone"adjectiverelating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7
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- cs a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal
- greasewood low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
- litmus a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator
- alkalinize become alkaline
- alkalinize make (a substance) alkaline
- saponification a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap)
- cesium a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal
- quail bush spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico
- vat dye a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton
- black greasewood low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America