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pisasphaltum

pisasphaltum is the dated form of pissasphalt.

Meaning of pissasphalt

Noun

pissasphalt (uncountable)

  1. A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
    • These minerals are intimately incorporated with all asphaltum, pissasphalt and petroleum. […] The impregnated sand, A to B, has a nearly horizontal lamination, but is contorted in places by the ascent of the pissasphalt.1893, Scientific American: Supplement, volume XXXVI, Petroleum and Asphalt in California, page 14739

Questions about pisasphaltum

What is pisasphaltum the dated form of?
Pisasphaltum is the dated form of pissasphalt.

Words near pisasphaltum in the dictionary

  1. Pisar
  2. Pisarovina
  3. Pisarski
  4. Pisarskis
  5. pisasphalt
  6. pisasphaltum
  7. pisasteroside
  8. Pisatao
  9. Pisatau
  10. pisatin
  11. pisaurid

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