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phoxite

phoxite noun: a mineral containing ammonium, magnesium, phosphate and oxalate.

Noun

phoxite (uncountable)

  1. A mineral containing ammonium, magnesium, phosphate and oxalate

Origin of phoxite

From ph (for phosphate) + ox (for oxalate) + -ite, named by Anthony R. Kampf, Aaron J. Celestian, Barbara P. Nash and Joe Marty in 2019.

Questions about phoxite

What does phoxite mean?
Phoxite means a mineral containing ammonium, magnesium, phosphate and oxalate.
What part of speech is phoxite?
Phoxite is a noun.

Words near phoxite in the dictionary

  1. phoxacephalid
  2. phoxacephalids
  3. phoxichilidiid
  4. phoxichilidiids
  5. phoxim
  6. phoxite
  7. PHP
  8. PHPer
  9. PHPers
  10. phpht
  11. PHPs

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