• (n.) An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite.
Found on
http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/bergmeal/
Berg'meal noun [ German
berg mountain +
mehl meal.]
(Min.) An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a wh...
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/40
Bergmeal is an earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden was formerly sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite.
Found on
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/HB.HTM
No exact match found.
