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melanocratic

melanocratic adjective: dark in color, containing at least 50-60% mafic minerals.

Adjective

melanocratic (comparative more melanocratic, superlative most melanocratic)

  1. Dark in color, containing at least 50-60% mafic minerals.

Synonyms of melanocratic

Forms of melanocratic

comparativemore melanocratic
superlativemost melanocratic

Origin of melanocratic

From melano- + -cratic.

Questions about melanocratic

What does melanocratic mean?
Melanocratic means dark in color, containing at least 50-60% mafic minerals.
What part of speech is melanocratic?
Melanocratic is an adjective.

Words near melanocratic in the dictionary

  1. melanocompromised
  2. melanocortic
  3. melanocortin
  4. melanocortinergic
  5. melanocortins
  6. melanocratic
  7. melanocrocin
  8. melanocyte
  9. melanocyte-stimulating hormone
  10. melanocyte-stimulating hormones
  11. melanocytes

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