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Noun: tufa  too-fu
  1. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime
    - calc-tufa
     
  2. Hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash
    - tuff

Derived forms: tufas

Type of: rock, stone, volcanic rock

Encyclopedia: Tufa