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flos-ferri

flos-ferri noun: a variety of aragonite occurring in delicate white coralloidal forms, common in beds of iron ore.

Noun

flos-ferri (uncountable)

  1. A variety of aragonite occurring in delicate white coralloidal forms, common in beds of iron ore.

Origin of flos-ferri

Borrowed from Latin [Term?], meaning "flower of iron".

Questions about flos-ferri

What does flos-ferri mean?
Flos-ferri means a variety of aragonite occurring in delicate white coralloidal forms, common in beds of iron ore.
What part of speech is flos-ferri?
Flos-ferri is a noun.

Words near flos-ferri in the dictionary

  1. floryshes
  2. floræ
  3. Floréal
  4. Floréals
  5. FLOs
  6. flos-ferri
  7. floscular
  8. floscularian
  9. floscularians
  10. flosculariid
  11. flosculariids

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