"melilite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: melilites [plural]
Etymology: Ancient Greek μέλι (méli, “honey”) + -lite. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|μέλι||honey}} Ancient Greek μέλι (méli, “honey”), {{suffix|en||lite}} + -lite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} melilite (countable and uncountable, plural melilites)
  1. (mineralogy) any mineral consisting of a solid solution of gehlenite (Ca₂Al₂SiO₇) and akermanite (Ca₂MgSi₂O₇) Wikipedia link: melilite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals

Inflected forms

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