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nepheline-syenite

nepheline-syenite is the alternative form of nepheline syenite.

Meaning of nepheline syenite

Noun

nepheline syenite (countable and uncountable, plural nepheline syenites)

  1. A holocrystalline plutonic rock that consists largely of nepheline and alkali feldspar.

Forms of nepheline-syenite

pluralnepheline-syenites

Questions about nepheline-syenite

What is nepheline-syenite the alternative form of?
Nepheline-syenite is the alternative form of nepheline syenite.

Words near nepheline-syenite in the dictionary

  1. nephelauxetic
  2. Nephele
  3. nepheligenous
  4. nepheline
  5. nepheline syenite
  6. nepheline-syenite
  7. nephelines
  8. nephelinic
  9. nephelinite
  10. nephelinites
  11. nephelinitic

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