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grahamite

grahamite noun: a bitumen-impregnated rock found in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.

Noun (1)

grahamite

  1. A bitumen-impregnated rock found in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.

Noun (2) capitalized: Grahamite

Grahamite (plural Grahamites)

  1. (US, historical) One who follows the dietetic system of Sylvester Graham

Forms of grahamite

pluralGrahamites

Origin of grahamite

From Graham + -ite; named by Henry Wurtz after James Lorimer Graham, who was interested in commercial development of this mineral resource in West Virginia.

From Graham + -ite.

Questions about grahamite

What does grahamite mean?
Grahamite means a bitumen-impregnated rock found in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.
What part of speech is grahamite?
Grahamite is a noun.
What is the plural of grahamite?
The plural of grahamite is Grahamites.

Words near grahamite in the dictionary

  1. Graham-Little-Piccardi-Lassueur syndrome
  2. Grahame
  3. Grahamesque
  4. Grahamian
  5. Grahamism
  6. grahamite
  7. Grahamites
  8. grahams
  9. Grahamston
  10. Grahamstown
  11. Grahamvale

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