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alamosite

alamosite noun: a lead-silicon mineral found in Mexico.

Noun

alamosite (uncountable)

  1. A lead-silicon mineral found in Mexico.

Origin of alamosite

From Álamos + -ite, after the locality in Mexico where it was first found, which is in turn from Spanish álamo (“poplar”).

Questions about alamosite

What does alamosite mean?
Alamosite means a lead-silicon mineral found in Mexico.
What part of speech is alamosite?
Alamosite is a noun.

Words near alamosite in the dictionary

  1. alamos
  2. Alamosa
  3. Alamosa County
  4. alamosaur
  5. alamosaurs
  6. alamosite
  7. alamoth
  8. alampia
  9. alampy
  10. Alams
  11. alamsoa

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