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ampelite

ampelite noun: an earth abounding in pyrites, used by the Ancients Greeks as a pesticide on vines.

Noun

ampelite (countable and uncountable, plural ampelites)

  1. (obsolete) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the Ancients Greeks as a pesticide on vines.
  2. A carbonaceous alum schist.

Forms of ampelite

pluralampelites

Origin of ampelite

From Latin ampelitis, from Ancient Greek ἀμπελῖτις (ampelîtis, “of or for vines”), from ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).

Words formed from ampelite

Questions about ampelite

What does ampelite mean?
Ampelite means an earth abounding in pyrites, used by the Ancients Greeks as a pesticide on vines.
What part of speech is ampelite?
Ampelite is a noun.
What is the plural of ampelite?
The plural of ampelite is ampelites.

Words near ampelite in the dictionary

  1. amped up
  2. ampelanol
  3. ampelidaceous
  4. ampeliscid
  5. ampeliscids
  6. ampelite
  7. ampelites
  8. ampelitic
  9. ampelo-
  10. ampelographer
  11. ampelographers

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