"phyllosilicate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phyllosilicates [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English phyllo- English silicate English phyllosilicate From phyllo- + silicate. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|phyllo-|silicate|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English phyllo- English silicate English phyllosilicate From phyllo- + silicate. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} phyllosilicate (usually uncountable, plural phyllosilicates)
  1. (mineralogy) Any silicate mineral having a crystal structure of parallel sheets of silicate tetrahedra. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: sheet silicate Hypernyms: silicate Translations (type of silicate): fyllosilicaat [neuter] (Dutch), fyllosilikaatti (Finnish), filosilicato [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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