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lucullites

lucullites is the plural of lucullite.

Meaning of lucullite

Noun

lucullite (countable and uncountable, plural lucullites)

  1. (dated) 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
    Synonyms:
    Lucullan

Questions about lucullites

What is lucullites the plural of?
Lucullites is the plural of lucullite.

Words near lucullites in the dictionary

  1. lucules
  2. Lucullan
  3. Lucullean
  4. Lucullian
  5. lucullite
  6. lucullites
  7. Lucullus
  8. lucuma
  9. lucumas
  10. lucumin
  11. lucumo

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