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hydroxylian

hydroxylian adjective: describing any mineral that whose components have free hydroxyl groups.

Adjective

hydroxylian (not comparable)

  1. Describing any mineral that whose components have free hydroxyl groups

Origin of hydroxylian

From hydroxyl + -ian.

Questions about hydroxylian

What does hydroxylian mean?
Hydroxylian means describing any mineral that whose components have free hydroxyl groups.
What part of speech is hydroxylian?
Hydroxylian is an adjective.

Words near hydroxylian in the dictionary

  1. hydroxylclinohumite
  2. hydroxylellestadite
  3. hydroxyleucine
  4. hydroxyleucines
  5. hydroxylherderite
  6. hydroxylian
  7. hydroxylic
  8. hydroxylic acid
  9. hydroxylipid
  10. hydroxylipids
  11. hydroxylphenyl

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