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dendrachates

dendrachates is the plural of dendrachate.

Meaning of dendrachate

Noun

dendrachate (plural dendrachates)

  1. An arborescent or dendritic agate.
    • This is translucent white chalcedony, with dark moss-like markings produced by the infiltration of iron or manganese. It is identical with the dendrachates of Pliny; […]1870, George William Traill, An Elementary Treatise on Quartz and Opal, page 34

Questions about dendrachates

What is dendrachates the plural of?
Dendrachates is the plural of dendrachate.

Words near dendrachates in the dictionary

  1. Dendles
  2. dendogram
  3. dendr-
  4. dendra
  5. dendrachate
  6. dendrachates
  7. dendralene
  8. dendralenes
  9. dendrerpetontid
  10. dendrerpetontids
  11. dendric

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