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brushite

brushite noun: a mineral formed by the interaction of guano with calcite and clay at a low pH, believed to be a precursor of apatite.

Noun

brushite (uncountable)

  1. A mineral formed by the interaction of guano with calcite and clay at a low pH, believed to be a precursor of apatite.

Origin of brushite

From Brush + -ite after American mineralogist George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912).

Words formed from brushite

  • metabrushite

Questions about brushite

What does brushite mean?
Brushite means a mineral formed by the interaction of guano with calcite and clay at a low pH, believed to be a precursor of apatite.
What part of speech is brushite?
Brushite is a noun.

Words near brushite in the dictionary

  1. brushing something under the rug
  2. brushing up
  3. brushing up to
  4. brushingly
  5. brushings
  6. brushite
  7. brushland
  8. brushland tinamou
  9. brushland tinamous
  10. brushlands
  11. brushless

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