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lucigen

lucigen noun: a kind of oil lamp using compressed air.

Noun

lucigen (plural lucigens)

  1. (historical) A kind of oil lamp using compressed air.

Forms of lucigen

plurallucigens

Origin of lucigen

Obsolete trade name, from Latin lūx (“light”) + -gen.

Questions about lucigen

What does lucigen mean?
Lucigen means a kind of oil lamp using compressed air.
What part of speech is lucigen?
Lucigen is a noun.
What is the plural of lucigen?
The plural of lucigen is lucigens.

Words near lucigen in the dictionary

  1. lucifugally
  2. lucifugous
  3. lucifugus
  4. lucify
  5. lucifying
  6. lucigen
  7. lucigenin
  8. lucigens
  9. lucigraph
  10. lucigraphs
  11. Lucile

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