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melaphyres

melaphyres is the plural of melaphyre.

Meaning of melaphyre

Noun

melaphyre (countable and uncountable, plural melaphyres)

  1. (obsolete) Various dark-coloured volcanic igneous rocks rich in augite, similar to and in some definitions including basalt, principally of Paleozoic age

Questions about melaphyres

What is melaphyres the plural of?
Melaphyres is the plural of melaphyre.

Words near melaphyres in the dictionary

  1. melanurin
  2. Melany
  3. melaphidine
  4. melaphidines
  5. melaphyre
  6. melaphyres
  7. Melara
  8. Melaras
  9. melarsomine
  10. melarsoprol
  11. melas

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