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carpholite

carpholite noun: an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Noun

carpholite (countable and uncountable, plural carpholites)

  1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

Forms of carpholite

pluralcarpholites

Origin of carpholite

From Ancient Greek κάρφος (kárphos, “straw”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for its appearance of long, slender crystallization and color.

Words formed from carpholite

Questions about carpholite

What does carpholite mean?
Carpholite means an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
What part of speech is carpholite?
Carpholite is a noun.
What is the plural of carpholite?
The plural of carpholite is carpholites.

Words near carpholite in the dictionary

  1. carpetweed
  2. carpetweeds
  3. carpetwork
  4. carpgrass
  5. carphenazine
  6. carpholite
  7. carpholites
  8. carphologia
  9. carphology
  10. carphone
  11. carphones

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