lucullite
lucullite noun: a variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.
Noun
lucullite (countable and uncountable, plural lucullites)
- A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.
- He next characterized the different British limestones, with reference to the qualities peculiar to each, in the composition of mortars and cements, dividing them into the soft white limestones, such as chalk and oolite, the grey limestones, the bituminous limestones or lucullites, the magnesian...1835, The Athenaeum
- Compact lucullite is subdivided into common or black marble; and stinkstone.1875, A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences, volume 3, page 698
- Synonyms:
- Lucullan
Synonyms of lucullite
Forms of lucullite
| plural | lucullites |
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Origin of lucullite
From Lucullus (“a Roman consul, famous for his great wealth and luxury”) + -ite. Compare French lucullite.
Questions about lucullite
- What does lucullite mean?
- Lucullite means a variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.
- What part of speech is lucullite?
- Lucullite is a noun.
- What is the plural of lucullite?
- The plural of lucullite is lucullites.
Words near lucullite in the dictionary
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