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Polk, James Knox (oh) and tufa (iou)


Polk, James Knox (oh)



(1795-1849) the eleventh president of the US, from 1845 to 1849

tufa (iou)



tufa noun. L18.
[Italian, obsolete local var. of tufo, from late Latin tofus, TOPHUS. Cf. TUFF noun.]
Geology. Orig., a friable porous stone formed of consolidated, often stratified material; tuff, tophus. Now usu. spec., a soft porous calcium carbonate rock formed by deposition around mineral springs.
tu'faceous adjective of the Nature or texture of tufa E19.