GALENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does galena mean? 

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

1. soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALENA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "galena"):

atomic number 82; lead; Pb (a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey)