supracretaceous

English

Alternative forms

• supercretaceous

Etymology

From supra- +‎ cretaceous.

Adjective

supracretaceous (not comparable)

1. (geology, archaic) Lying above the chalk.

   supracretaceous soil

References

• “supracretaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.