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ampelites

ampelites is the plural of ampelite.

Meaning of ampelite

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.

Questions about ampelites

What is ampelites the plural of?
Ampelites is the plural of ampelite.

Words near ampelites in the dictionary

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

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