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JADEITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jadeite mean?
• JADEITE (noun)
The noun JADEITE has 1 sense:
1. a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma
Familiarity information: JADEITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("jadeite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
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