DACITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dacite mean? 

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

1. a grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DACITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

volcanic rock (extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth)

Meronyms (substance of "dacite"):

oligoclase; plagioclase (any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks)

Derivation:

dacitic (relating to or consisting of dacite)