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amiantus

amiantus is the alternative spelling of amianthus.

Meaning of amianthus

Noun

amianthus (usually uncountable, plural amianthuses)

  1. (usually) A type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers.
    • the Microscope can afford us hundreds of Instances of Points many thousand times sharper: such as […] the ends of the stiriæ or small parallelipipeds of Amianthus […]1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section I

Questions about amiantus

What is amiantus the alternative spelling of?
Amiantus is the alternative spelling of amianthus.

Words near amiantus in the dictionary

  1. amianth
  2. amianthiform
  3. amianthoid
  4. amianthus
  5. amianthuses
  6. amiantus
  7. amias
  8. amibegron
  9. amic
  10. amic acid
  11. amic acids

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