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psammite

psammite noun: any sandstone, but most often a metamorphosed rock unit with a dominantly sandstone protolith.

Noun

psammite (countable and uncountable, plural psammites)

  1. Any sandstone, but most often a metamorphosed rock unit with a dominantly sandstone protolith

Forms of psammite

pluralpsammites

Origin of psammite

Ancient Greek ψάμμος (psámmos) + -ite

Words formed from psammite

Questions about psammite

What does psammite mean?
Psammite means any sandstone, but most often a metamorphosed rock unit with a dominantly sandstone protolith.
What part of speech is psammite?
Psammite is a noun.
What is the plural of psammite?
The plural of psammite is psammites.

Words near psammite in the dictionary

  1. psamments
  2. Psammetichus
  3. psammic
  4. psamminid
  5. psamminids
  6. psammite
  7. psammites
  8. psammitic
  9. psammo-
  10. psammobiid
  11. psammobiids

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