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pinites

pinites is the plural of pinite.

Meaning of pinite

Noun (1)

pinite (usually uncountable, plural pinites)

  1. (usually) Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.
  2. (usually) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus lambertiana, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.

Noun (2)

pinite (usually uncountable, plural pinites)

  1. (usually) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, such as iolite.

Questions about pinites

What is pinites the plural of?
Pinites is the plural of pinite.

Words near pinites in the dictionary

  1. Pinis
  2. pinisi
  3. pinisis
  4. Pinit
  5. pinite
  6. pinites
  7. pinitol
  8. pinitols
  9. pinivorous
  10. pinjane
  11. pinjarapole

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pinites (page history and authors); pinite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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