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olivines

olivines is the plural of olivine.

Meaning of olivine

Noun

olivine (countable and uncountable, plural olivines)

  1. Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
    • The olivine crystals in most basalts are imperfect, lacking clear crystal faces.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51

Questions about olivines

What is olivines the plural of?
Olivines is the plural of olivine.

Words near olivines in the dictionary

  1. oliviform
  2. olivil
  3. olivile
  4. olivin
  5. olivine
  6. olivines
  7. olivinic
  8. olivinite
  9. olivinitic
  10. olivite
  11. olivo-

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