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piretite

piretite noun: an orthorhombic lemon yellow mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, selenium, and uranium.

Noun

piretite (uncountable)

  1. An orthorhombic lemon yellow mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, selenium, and uranium.

Origin of piretite

From Piret + -ite, in honour of Paul Piret, Belgian crystallographer.

Questions about piretite

What does piretite mean?
Piretite means an orthorhombic lemon yellow mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, selenium, and uranium.
What part of speech is piretite?
Piretite is a noun.

Words near piretite in the dictionary

  1. Pires
  2. Pireses
  3. piretanide
  4. piretelline
  5. piretellines
  6. piretite
  7. pirfenidone
  8. PIRG
  9. PIRGs
  10. piri-piri
  11. piri-piris

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