fluxing lime

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fluxing lime - a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, calx, quicklime, unslaked lime, lime atomic number 20, Ca, calcium - a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals oxide - any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical