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nepheline syenite

nepheline syenite noun: a holocrystalline plutonic rock that consists largely of nepheline and alkali feldspar.

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 does nepheline syenite mean?
Nepheline syenite means a holocrystalline plutonic rock that consists largely of nepheline and alkali feldspar.
What part of speech is nepheline syenite?
Nepheline syenite is a noun.
What is the plural of nepheline syenite?
The plural of nepheline syenite is nepheline syenites.

Words near nepheline syenite in the dictionary

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

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