calcium nitrate

noun

: a colorless crystalline deliquescent salt Ca(NO₃)₂ occurring often in natural waters and soil and as the mineral nitrocalcite, made by reaction of nitric acid or nitrogen oxides with lime or calcium carbonate, and used as a fertilizer

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