MALACHITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malachite mean? 

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

1. a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALACHITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "malachite"):

atomic number 29; copper; Cu (a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malachite"):

azurite (blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite)

 Context examples 

It contains malachite green, glycerol, asparagine, coagulated eggs, and mineral salts.

(Lowenstein-Jensen Medium, NCI Thesaurus)