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OLIVENITE

Dictionary entry overview: What does olivenite mean?

• OLIVENITE (noun)
The noun OLIVENITE has 1 sense:

1. rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits

Familiarity information: OLIVENITE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OLIVENITE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("olivenite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

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