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oceanite

oceanite noun: a variety of picrite that is chiefly composed of olivine phenocrysts.

Noun

oceanite (plural oceanites)

  1. A variety of picrite that is chiefly composed of olivine phenocrysts.

Forms of oceanite

pluraloceanites

Origin of oceanite

From ocean + -ite.

Questions about oceanite

What does oceanite mean?
Oceanite means a variety of picrite that is chiefly composed of olivine phenocrysts.
What part of speech is oceanite?
Oceanite is a noun.
What is the plural of oceanite?
The plural of oceanite is oceanites.

Words near oceanite in the dictionary

  1. Oceanicists
  2. oceanicity
  3. Oceanid
  4. Oceanides
  5. Oceanids
  6. oceanite
  7. oceanites
  8. oceanitid
  9. oceanitids
  10. oceanity
  11. oceanium

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